Psalms 109:23
I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
Majority Standard Bible
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 needy; my heart is wounded within me.
24My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.
Cross References
Exodus 10:19And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.
Job 14:2Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
Psalms 102:12But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.
Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
James 4:14You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
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 →