Psalm 102:4

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Summary

Psalm 102:4

My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

Heart

Withered

Psalm 102:11

Psalm 37:2

Isaiah 40:7

So that

General references

Ezekiel 12:18

Bible References

Heart

Be gracious to me, LORD, because I am fading away. Heal me, because my body is distressed.

My God, my soul feels depressed within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of Jordan, from the heights of Hermon, even from the foothills.

My heart is trembling within me, and the terrors of death have assaulted me.

Insults broke my heart. I despaired and looked for sympathy; but there was none, for comforters, but I found none.

I remember God, and I groan; I meditate, while my spirit grows faint. Interlude

For those who oppose me are pursuing my life, crushing me to the ground, making me sit in darkness like those who died long ago.

"The arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit absorbs their poison; God's terrors have been arranged just for me!

"I am disgusted with living, so I'm going to talk about my complaint freely. I'll speak out from the bitterness of my soul.

He caused his war arrows to pierce my vital organs.

Taking Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with him, he began to be grieved and troubled.

Withered

My life is like a declining shadow, and I am withering like a plant.

Indeed, they soon will wither like grass, and like green herbs they will fade away.

Grass withers and flowers fade away when the LORD's breath blows on them; surely the people are like grass.

So that

I have eaten ashes as food and mixed my drink with tears

Elkanah would do this year after year, as often as Hannah went up to the house of the LORD. Likewise, Peninnah would provoke her, and Hannah would cry and would not eat.

Ezra arose in front of the Temple of God to visit the apartment of Eliashib's son Jehohanan. While there, he neither ate nor drank because he was in mourning over the sins of those who had returned from exile.

For three days he couldn't see, and he didn't eat or drink anything.

General references

"Son of Man, eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.