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Read Full Chapter (Psalms 102) Psalms 102:8-11 KJV
"Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me. For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass."
Psalms 102:8-11 in Context (Verses 5–14 KJV)
5
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.*
6
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
7
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
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Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
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For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
10
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
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My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
12
But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
13
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
14
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.