Catholic Public Domain Version
"For I chewed on ashes like bread, and I mixed weeping into my drink. "
— Psalms 101:10, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For I did eat ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.”
I have become like a pelican in solitude. I have become like a night raven in a house.
I have kept vigil, and I have become like a solitary sparrow on a roof.
All day long my enemies reproached me, and those who praised me swore oaths against me.
For I chewed on ashes like bread, and I mixed weeping into my drink.
By the face of your anger and indignation, you lifted me up and threw me down.
My days have declined like a shadow, and I have dried out like hay.
But you, O Lord, endure for eternity, and your memorial is from generation to generation.