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Psalm 102

Psa. 102:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
is smitten
nakah (Hebrew #5221)
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), X go forward, X indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, X surely, wound.
Pronounce: naw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
, and withered
yabesh (Hebrew #3001)
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
KJV usage: be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), X utterly, wither (away).
Pronounce: yaw-bashe'
Origin: a primitive root
like grass
`eseb (Hebrew #6212)
grass (or any tender shoot)
KJV usage: grass, herb.
Pronounce: eh'seb
Origin: from an unused root meaning to glisten (or be green)
; so that I forget
shakach (Hebrew #7911)
a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
KJV usage: X at all, (cause to) forget.
Pronounce: shaw-kakh'
Origin: or shakeach {shaw-kay'-akh}
to eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
my bread
lechem (Hebrew #3899)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV usage: ((shew-))bread, X eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. See also 1036.
Pronounce: lekh'-em
Origin: from 3898
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Cross References

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Psa. 6:2‑3• 2Be merciful unto me, O Jehovah, for I am languishing;{HR}Heal me, O Jehovah, for my bones are terrified.
 3And my soul is greatly terrified;{HR}And thou, O Jehovah, how long? (Psa. 6:2‑3)
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Psa. 42:6• 6O my God, my soul is cast down within me;{HR}Therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan{HR}And the Hermonites, from the mountain Mizar. (Psa. 42:6)
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Psa. 55:4‑5• 4My heart is writhing within me,{HR}And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
 5Fear and trembling are come upon me,{HR}And horror hath overwhelmed me. (Psa. 55:4‑5)
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Psa. 69:20• 20Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed;{HR}And I looked for mourning, and [there was] none,{HR}And for comforters, and found none. (Psa. 69:20)
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Psa. 77:3• 3I remembered God and was disquieted;{HR}I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. (Psa. 77:3)
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Psa. 143:3‑4• 3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul,{HR}He hath crushed to the earth my life;{HR}He hath made me dwell in dark places,{HR}Like those long dead.
 4And overwhelmed in (on) me is my spirit,{HR}In the midst of me desolated is my heart. (Psa. 143:3‑4)
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Job 6:4• 4For the arrows of the Almighty are in me,{HR}The poison of which my spirit drinketh up.{HR}The terrors of God array themselves against me. (Job 6:4)
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Job 10:1• 1My soul is weary of my life;{HR}I will give way to my plaint,{HR}I will speak in the bitterness of my soul, (Job 10:1)
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Lam. 3:13,20• 13He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
 20My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me. (Lam. 3:13,20)
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Matt. 26:37‑38• 37{i}And taking with [him] Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and deeply depressed.{/i}
 38{i}Then he says to them, My soul is very sorrowful even unto death; remain here and watch with me.{/i} (Matt. 26:37‑38)
withered.
Psa. 102:11• 11My days [are] as a shadow stretched out,{HR}And for me, I am withered as grass. (Psa. 102:11)
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Psa. 37:2• 2For like grass they are speedily cut off,{HR}And like the greenness of the tender herb they do fade. (Psa. 37:2)
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Isa. 40:7• 7The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the Spirit of Jehovah bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. (Isa. 40:7)
so that.
Psa. 102:9• 9For I have eaten ashes like bread,{HR}And mingled my drink with weeping, (Psa. 102:9)
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1 Sam. 1:7‑8• 7{i}And as he did so year by year, as often as she went up to the house of Jehovah, she provoked her thus; and she wept and did not eat.{/i}
 8{i}And Elkanah her husband said to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? Am not I better to thee than ten sons?{/i} (1 Sam. 1:7‑8)
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Ezra 10:6• 6Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away. (Ezra 10:6)
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Acts 9:9• 9and he was three days without seeing, and did neither eat nor drink. (Acts 9:9)

J. N. Darby Translation

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My heart is smitten and withered like grass; yeaa, I have forgotten to eat my bread.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "for."

W. Kelly Translation

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My heart is smitten as grass and dried up;{HR}For I forget to eat my bread.