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My heart is parched[a] and withered like grass,
for I am unable[b] to eat food.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 102:4 tn Heb “struck, attacked.”
  2. Psalm 102:4 tn Heb “I forget.”
  3. Psalm 102:4 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.

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

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