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My heart is smitten and withered like grass, so that I forget to eat my bread.
My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread.
My heart has been struck like grass and withered, Indeed, [absorbed by my heartache] I forget to eat my food.
My heart is smitten like grass and withered, so that [in absorption] I forget to eat my food.
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
My heart is suffering, withered like grass; I even forget to eat my food.
my heart is smashed like dried-up grass. I even forget to eat my food
For my days are vanishing like smoke, my bones are burning like a furnace.
I am wasting away like grass, and my appetite is gone.
My heart is smitten and withered like grass; yea, I have forgotten to eat my bread.
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction: who crowneth thee with mercy and compassion.
My strength is gone— I am like dry, dying grass. I even forget to eat.
I am very weak and upset, like dry grass that will soon die. I even forget to eat my food.
My heart is cut down and withered like grass, so I forget to eat my food.
My heart is struck down like grass and has withered; I forget to eat my bread.
My heart is struck down like grass and has withered; I forget to eat my bread.
My heart is like grass that has been ·cut [stricken] and dried. I forget to eat my ·food [or bread].
Mine heart is smitten, and withered like grass, because I forgat to eat my bread.
My heart is beaten down and withered like grass because I have forgotten about eating.
I am beaten down like dry grass; I have lost my desire for food.
My heart is afflicted, withered like grass; I even forget to eat my food.
My heart is like grass that has been cut and dried. I forget to eat.
Withered like grass, my heart is overwhelmed, and I have even forgotten to eat my food.
My heart is smitten and withered like grass so that I forget to eat my bread.
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
My heart has been stricken like grass and it has dried up, Indeed, I forget to eat my bread.
My heart is struck like grass and withers. Indeed, I forget to eat my bread.
for my days disappear like smoke. My health is broken, and my heart is sick; it is trampled like grass and is withered. My food is tasteless, and I have lost my appetite.
I’m wasting away to nothing, I’m burning up with fever. I’m a ghost of my former self, half-consumed already by terminal illness. My jaws ache from gritting my teeth; I’m nothing but skin and bones. I’m like a buzzard in the desert, a crow perched on the rubble. Insomniac, I twitter away, mournful as a sparrow in the gutter. All day long my enemies taunt me, while others just curse. They bring in meals—casseroles of ashes! I draw drink from a barrel of my tears. And all because of your furious anger; you swept me up and threw me out. There’s nothing left of me— a withered weed, swept clean from the path.
My heart is struck down and withered like grass, so that I forget to eat my bread.
My heart is beaten down and withered like grass because I have forgotten about eating.
For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn away as in a furnace.
My heart has been struck like grass and has withered, Indeed, I forget to eat my bread.
My heart has been smitten like grass and has withered away, Indeed, I forget to eat my bread.
For my days are fading away like smoke, and my bones are burning like live coals.
My heart is like grass that has been cut and dried. I forget to eat.
My heart is parched and withered like grass, for I am unable to eat food.
My strength has dried up like grass. I even forget to eat my food.
My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.
My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.
My heart is stricken and withered like grass, So that I forget to eat my bread.
My heart is crushed and dried like grass. And I forget to eat my food.
My heart is sick, withered like grass, and I have lost my appetite.
My heart is stricken and withered like grass; I am too wasted to eat my bread.
My heart is stricken and withered like grass; I am too wasted to eat my bread.
My heart is stricken and withered like grass; I am too wasted to eat my bread.
My heart is stricken and withered like grass; I am too wasted to eat my bread.
My lev is struck, and withered like esev; so that I forget to eat my lechem.
My heart is stricken and withered, like grass, because I forgot to eat my bread.
My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; I forget to eat my bread.
My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; I forget to eat my bread.
For my days vanished like smoke, and my bones were burned like coals.
My heart is beaten down like grass withered and scorched in the summer heat; I can’t even remember to eat.
My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.
I am smitten as hay, and mine heart (hath) dried up; for I have forgotten to eat my bread. (I am beaten down like dry grass; and I have forgotten to eat my food.)
Smitten as the herb, and withered, is my heart, For I have forgotten to eat my bread.
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