Psalm 102:4
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
יָבֵשׁ
yâbêsh
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
שָׁכַח
shâkach
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
לֶחֶם
lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Key Terms in This Verse
יָבֵשׁ yâbêsh
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
Study H3001 →שָׁכַח shâkach
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
Study H7911 →לֶחֶם lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Study H3899 →לֵב lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Study H3820 →Cross References
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.
Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the ...
I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
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