Psalms 109:23
I am gone like the shade when it is stretched out: I am forced out of my place like a locust.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
In Context
22For I am poor and in need, and my heart is wounded in me.
24My knees are feeble for need of food; there is no fat on my bones.
Cross References
Exodus 10:19And the Lord sent a very strong west wind, which took up the locusts, driving them into the Red Sea; not one locust was to be seen in any part of Egypt.
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 102:12\102:11\My days are like a shade which is stretched out; I am dry like the grass.
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?
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 109:22-31
Humble Petitions; Triumphing in God. 21 But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. 22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. 23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. 24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. 25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads. 26 Help me, O Lord my God: O save me according to thy mercy: 27 That… Read the whole commentary →