American Standard Version
"For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping, "
— Psalms 102:9, American Standard Version
“For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,”
“For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,”
“For I eat ashes as if they were bread, and mix my drink with my tears,”
“He will not always be angry: nor will he threaten for ever.”
“I have had dust for bread and my drink has been mixed with weeping:”
“For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,”
I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.
I watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the house-top.
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do curse by me.
For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: For thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.
My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass.
But thou, O Jehovah, wilt abide for ever; And thy memorial name unto all generations.