Psalms 102:11
My days are like a lengthened-out shadow, and I, I am withered like grass.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
In Context
10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath; for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
12But thou, Jehovah, abidest for ever, and thy memorial from generation to generation.
Cross References
Job 14:2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.
Psalms 39:5Behold, thou hast made my days [as] hand-breadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before thee; verily, every man, [even] the high placed, is altogether vanity. Selah.
Psalms 109:23I am gone like a shadow when it lengtheneth; I am tossed about like the locust;
Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knoweth what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell man what shall be after him under the sun?
Lamentations 3:1I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
James 4:14ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, ([for] what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,)
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 →