Psalms 102:4

My heart is parched ¹  and withered like grass, for I am unable ²  to eat food. ³ 

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

My heart has been smitten like grass and has withered away, Indeed, I forget to eat my bread.

My heart is sick, withered like grass, and I have lost my appetite.

I'm a ghost of my former self, half-consumed already by terminal illness.

My heart is broken; it has become dry and dead like grass, so that I give no thought to food.

My heart is stricken and withered like grass; I am too wasted to eat my bread.

My heart is stricken and withered like grass, So that I forget to eat my bread.

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.