Psalms 109:23
I am going like a shadow; I am driven away as the locust.
Noyes 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 afflicted and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.
24My knees totter from fasting, And my flesh faileth of fatness.
Cross References
Job 14:2He cometh forth as a flower, and is cut down; He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Psalms 102:12But thou, O LORD! endurest for ever, And thy name from generation to generation!
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?
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 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 →