Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:9
I have eaten ashes like bread - Fearful of what they might do, we all humbled ourselves before thee, and sought thy protection; well knowing that, unless we were supernaturally assisted, we must all have perished; our enemies having sworn our destruction. read more
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 102:8
They that are mad against me are sworn against me - The Chaldeans are determined to destroy us; and they have bound themselves by oath to do it. See a similar case related Acts 23:12-14 , where a number of Jews had bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had slain Paul. read more