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Psalms 102:9

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For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
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  1. Psalms 42:3Rank 1 from verse 9
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    3My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

  2. Job 3:24Rank 2 from verse 9
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    24For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.

  3. Psalms 80:5Rank 3 from verse 9
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    5Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

  4. Isaiah 44:20Rank 4 from verse 9
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    20He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

  5. Lamentations 3:15–16Rank 5 from verse 9
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    15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.

    16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.

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Psalms 102:9

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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eaten

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Sense 1: Chewed and swallowed. Sense 2: Consumed or corroded.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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ashes

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Sense 1: The powdery residue left after burning. Sense 2: A sign of mourning, humiliation, or ruin.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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like

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Sense 1: Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely. Sense 2: A like person or thing; an equal or counterpart. Sense 3: To please, choose, or regard with favour.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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mingled

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of mingle, meaning to mix or be mixed; to join or be joined with.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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8Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.

9For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

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10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

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