Psalms 102:11
(102-12) My days are like a lengthening shadow; and I am withered like grass.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
In Context
10(102-11) Because of Thine indignation and Thy wrath; for Thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.
12(102-13) But Thou, O LORD, sittest enthroned for ever; and Thy name is unto all generations.
Cross References
Job 14:2He cometh forth like a flower, and withereth; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Psalms 39:5(39-6) Behold, Thou hast made my days as hand-breadths; and mine age is as nothing before Thee; surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah
Psalms 109:23I am gone like the shadow when it lengtheneth; I am shaken off as the locust.
Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knoweth what is good for man in his life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a 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.
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 →