Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 102:9:

• Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
  “For I eat ash as my food
  and mix my drink with tears” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
• Newari:
  “Ashes have become my food.
  and the water that I drink is mixed with tears.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon:
  “They mock me for I no-longer eat
  but-rather just sit on ashes and keep-crying” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Laarim:
  “Truly I eat ashes as my food,
  and mix tears with my water,” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
• Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
  “Nakula majivu kama vile chakula,
  nachanganya machozi na vya kunywa vyangu,” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
• English:
  “Because you are very angry with me, now I sit in ashes while I am suffering greatly;
  and those ashes fall on the bread/food that I eat,
  and what I drink has my tears mixed with it.
  It is as though you have picked me up and thrown me away!” (Source: Translation for Translators)