102:9 For I eat ashes as if they were bread, 1
and mix my drink with my tears, 2
102:10 because of your anger and raging fury.
Indeed, 3 you pick me up and throw me away.
1 sn Mourners would sometimes put ashes on their head or roll in ashes as a sign of mourning (see 2 Sam 13:19; Job 2:8; Isa 58:5).
2 tn Heb “weeping.”
3 tn Or “for.”