Psalms 102:9 meaning and explanation

For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears

Psalms 102:9, Berean Standard Bible

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The speaker is a suffering person pouring out a lament to God, and in this verse he describes grief so constant that it has become his food and drink. Bread and tears were ordinary daily fare, but ashes and weeping now take their place.

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