Psalms 102:4

4 My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.

Psalms 102:4 in Other Translations

KJV
4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
ESV
4 My heart is struck down like grass and has withered; I forget to eat my bread.
NLT
4 My heart is sick, withered like grass, and I have lost my appetite.
MSG
4 I'm a ghost of my former self, half-consumed already by terminal illness.
CSB
4 My heart is afflicted, withered like grass; I even forget to eat my food.

Psalms 102:4 In-Context

2 Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly.
3 For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers.
4 My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.
5 In my distress I groan aloud and am reduced to skin and bones.
6 I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Psalms 37:2; Psalms 90:5-6
  • 2. S 1 Samuel 1:7; S Ezra 10:6; S Job 33:20
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