102:4 My heart is parched 1 and withered like grass,
for I am unable 2 to eat food. 3
1 tn Heb “struck, attacked.”
2 tn Heb “I forget.”
3 sn I am unable to eat food. During his time of mourning, the psalmist refrained from eating. In the following verse he describes metaphorically the physical effects of fasting.