Psalm 102:9
“For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,”
KJV
Read in Psalm 102Meaning
Mourning has saturated ordinary life. The images express grief and humiliation; they are not instructions for ascetic self-harm.
Read carefully
It is imagery of mourning, not an ascetic command.
Reflection
Let prayer acknowledge how pervasive the grief feels.