Psalms 102:4
102:3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. like: or, (as some read) into smokeMy heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
KJV
My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
What does Psalms 102:4 mean?
Psalms 102:4 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include לֵב (lêb), נָכָה (nâkâh), יָבֵשׁ (yâbêsh).
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And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
1 Samuel 30:11And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;
2 Chronicles 18:26And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.
2 Samuel 9:10Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
Exodus 16:12I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.
Exodus 16:3And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
Isaiah 42:15I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
Jeremiah 12:4How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.
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What does Psalms 102:4 say?
Psalms 102:4 (King James Version) reads: "My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread."
Is Psalms 102:4 in the Old or New Testament?
Psalms 102:4 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.
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