King James Version

Psalms 102:4

My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 102:5.

הוּכָּֽהhukahstrikeנָכָהverb, hophal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “strike”, a completed actionH5221to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.כָ֭עֵשֶׂבkhaesevas grassעֶשֶׂבpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as grass”, the ordinary formH6212grass (or any tender shoot)grass, herb.וַיִּבַ֣שׁvayivashand be ashamedיָבֵשׁconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be ashamed”, the next action in the storyH3001to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), [idiom] utterly, wither (away).לִבִּ֑יlibicomfortablyלֵבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “comfortably”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…שָׁ֝כַ֗חְתִּיshakhachtiforgetשָׁכַחverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “forget”, a completed actionH7911to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention[idiom] at all, (cause to) forget.מֵאֲכֹ֥לmeakholfrom eatאָכַלpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “from eat”, the to-form of the verbH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.לַחְמִֽיlachmibreadלֶחֶםnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “bread”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3899food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)(shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(102-5) My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; for I forget to eat my bread.

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American Standard Version (1901)

My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread.

Young’s Literal Translation

Smitten as the herb, and withered, is my heart, For I have forgotten to eat my bread.

World English Bible

My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.

Darby Translation

My heart is smitten and withered like grass; yea, I have forgotten to eat my bread.

Douay-Rheims

Who redeemeth thy life from destruction: who crowneth thee with mercy and compassion.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(102-5) My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; for I forget to eat my bread.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I am blighted like grass, and my heart is dried up; for I have forgotten to eat my bread.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐπλήγην ὡσεὶ χόρτος, καὶ ἐξηράνθη ἡ καρδία μου, ὅτι ἐπελαθόμην τοῦ φαγεῖν τὸν ἄρτον μου.