Mazmur 102:4

102:4 My heart is parched ¹  and withered like grass,

for I am unable ²  to eat food. ³ 

[102:4]  ¹ tn Heb “struck, attacked.”

[102:4]  ² tn Heb “I forget.”

[102:4]  ³ 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.