Mazmur 102:9-10

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.

[102:9]  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).

[102:9]  ² tn Heb “weeping.”

[102:10]  ³ tn Or “for.”