Psalms 102:12
\102:11\My days are like a shade which is stretched out; I am dry like the grass.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
In Context
11\102:10\Because of your passion and your wrath, for I have been lifted up and then made low by you.
13\102:12\But you, O Lord, are eternal; and your name will never come to an end.
Cross References
Exodus 3:15And God went on to say to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name for ever, and this is my sign to all generations.
Job 8:9(For we are but of yesterday, and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are gone like a shade:)
Psalms 9:7\9:6\You have given their towns to destruction; the memory of them has gone; they have become waste for ever.
Psalms 90:6In the morning it is green; in the evening it is cut down, and becomes dry.
Psalms 109:23I am gone like the shade when it is stretched out: I am forced out of my place like a locust.
Isaiah 44:6The Lord, the King of Israel, even the Lord of armies who has taken up his cause, says, I am the first and the last, and there is no God but me.
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 →