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Psalms 102:4

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102:4 My heart is parched 1  and withered like grass,

for I am unable 2  to eat food. 3 

Psalms 102:11

Context

102:11 My days are coming to an end, 4 

and I am withered like grass.

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.

4 tn Heb “my days [are] like an extended [or “lengthening”] shadow,” that is, like a late afternoon shadow made by the descending sun that will soon be swallowed up by complete darkness.



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