Psalms 109:23
I am gone like a lengthening shadow, I am shaken off like a locust.
Open English Bible (US)
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, and my heart is wounded within me.
24My knees totter from fasting, my flesh is shrivelled and spare.
Cross References
Psalms 102:12But you, O Lord, are enthroned forever, your fame endures to all generations.
James 4:14yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow! For you are but a puff of smoke 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 →