Psalms 102:11
For as the heaven is high above the earth, 1 The Lord has so increased his mercy toward them that fear him. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
In Context
10He has not dealt with us according to our sins, 1 Nor recompensed us according to our iniquities. 1
12As far as the east is from the west, 1 So far has he removed our transgressions from us. 1
Cross References
Job 14:2Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed; 1 And he departs like a shadow, and cannot continue. 1
Psalms 39:5Blessed is the man whose hope is the name of the Lord, 1 And who has not regarded vanities and false frenzies. 1
Ecclesiastes 6:12What advantage has a man? 1 For who knows what is good for a man in his life, 1 During the number of the life of the days of his vanity? 1 And he has spent them as a shadow; 1 For who shall tell a man 1 What shall be after him under the sun?
Lamentations 3:1I am the man that sees poverty, 1 Through the rod of his wrath upon me. 1
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 →