Psalms 102:11
(102:12) My days are like a shadow that declineth; and like the herb I wither.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
In Context
12(102:13) But thou, O Lord, wilt sit enthroned for ever; and thy memorial is unto all generations.
Cross References
Job 14:2Like a flower he cometh forth, and is cut down: and he fleeth like a shadow, and remaineth not.
Psalms 39:5(39:6) Behold, measured out with the span hast thou made my days; and my whole duration is nothing before thee: yea, as nothing but vanity doth every man stand here. Selah.
Psalms 109:23Like the shadow when it declineth do I hasten away: I am driven suddenly off like the locusts.
Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, the number of the days of his vain life, that he should spend them as a shadow? for who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
Lamentations 3:1I am the man who 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 →