Psalms 102:11
\102:10\Because of your passion and your wrath, for I have been lifted up and then made low by you.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
In Context
10\102:9\I have had dust for bread and my drink has been mixed with weeping:
12\102:11\My days are like a shade which is stretched out; I am dry like the grass.
Cross References
Job 14:2He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.
Psalms 39:5\39:4\Lord, give me knowledge of my end, and of the measure of my days, so that I may see how feeble I am.
Psalms 109:23I am gone like the shade when it is stretched out: I am forced out of my place like a locust.
Ecclesiastes 6:12Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?
Lamentations 3:1I am the man who has seen trouble by the rod of his wrath.
James 4:14When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 102:2-12
Complaints in Affliction. 1 Hear my prayer, O Lord , and let my cry come unto thee. 2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily. 3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a hearth. 4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. 6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. 7 I… Read the whole commentary →