79:2 They have given the corpses of your servants
to the birds of the sky; 1
the flesh of your loyal followers
to the beasts of the earth.
102:4 My heart is parched 2 and withered like grass,
for I am unable 3 to eat food. 4
1 tn Heb “[as] food for the birds of the sky.”
2 tn Heb “struck, attacked.”
3 tn Heb “I forget.”
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.