Psalms 102:4 meaning and explanation

My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.

Psalms 102:4, Berean Standard Bible

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The speaker is a suffering believer, perhaps an exile, pouring out lament before God. His grief is not only spiritual but physical: his heart is struck down and dries up like grass under the sun, and sorrow has taken away his appetite.

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