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Psalms 102:8-9

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102:8 All day long my enemies taunt me;

those who mock me use my name in their curses. 1 

102:9 For I eat ashes as if they were bread, 2 

and mix my drink with my tears, 3 

1 tn Heb “by me they swear.” When the psalmist’s enemies call judgment down on others, they hold the psalmist up as a prime example of what they desire their enemies to become.

2 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).

3 tn Heb “weeping.”



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