Psalm 102:4

Good News Translation

I am beaten down like dry grass; I have lost my desire for food.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:17

His court officials went to him and tried to make him get up, but he refused and would not eat anything with them.

Ezra 10:6

Then he went from in front of the Temple into the living quarters of Jehohanan son of Eliashib, and spent the night there grieving over the unfaithfulness of the exiles. He did not eat or drink anything.

Job 10:1

I am tired of living. Listen to my bitter complaint.

Job 30:30

My skin has turned dark; I am burning with fever.

Job 33:20

Those who are sick lose their appetites, and even the finest food looks revolting.

Job 6:4

Almighty God has shot me with arrows, and their poison spreads through my body. God has lined up his terrors against me.

Psalm 102:11

My life is like the evening shadows; I am like dry grass.

Psalm 102:9

Because of your anger and fury, ashes are my food, and my tears are mixed with my drink. You picked me up and threw me away.

Psalm 37:2

They will soon disappear like grass that dries up; they will die like plants that wither.

Psalm 42:6

Here in exile my heart is breaking, and so I turn my thoughts to him. He has sent waves of sorrow over my soul; chaos roars at me like a flood, like waterfalls thundering down to the Jordan from Mount Hermon and Mount Mizar.

Psalm 69:20

Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I had hoped for sympathy, but there was none; for comfort, but I found none.

Psalm 77:3

When I think of God, I sigh; when I meditate, I feel discouraged.

Isaiah 40:7

Grass withers and flowers fade when the Lord sends the wind blowing over them. People are no more enduring than grass.

Lamentations 3:13

He shot his arrows deep into my body.

Lamentations 3:20

I think of it constantly, and my spirit is depressed.

Acts 9:9

For three days he was not able to see, and during that time he did not eat or drink anything.