Psalms 102:11
My life is like a declining shadow, And I wither like grass.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
In Context
10On account of thine indignation and thy wrath; For thou hast lifted me up and cast me down!
12But thou, O LORD! endurest for ever, And thy name from generation to generation!
Cross References
Job 14:2He cometh forth as a flower, and is cut down; He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Psalms 39:5Behold, thou hast made my days as a hand-breadth, And my life is as nothing before thee; Yea, every man in his firmest state is altogether vanity. [[Pause.]]
Psalms 109:23I am going like a shadow; I am driven away as the locust.
Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knoweth what is good for man in life, in 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 under the rod of His wrath;
James 4:14(whereas ye know not what will be on the morrow; for what is your life? Ye are even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away;)
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 →