Psalms 69:26

69:26 For they harass ¹  the one whom you discipline; ² 

they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish. ³ 

Psalms 102:4

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

for I am unable ⁵  to eat food. ⁶ 

[69:26]  ¹ tn Or “persecute”; Heb “chase.”

[69:26]  ² tn Heb “for you, the one whom you strike, they chase.”

[69:26]  ³ tn Heb “they announce the pain of your wounded ones” (i.e., “the ones whom you wounded,” as the parallel line makes clear).

[102:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “struck, attacked.”

[102:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “I forget.”

[102:4]  ⁶ 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.