Psalms 109:23
I depart like the shadowe that declineth, and am shaken off as the grashopper.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
22Because I am poore and needie, and mine heart is wounded within me.
24My knees are weake through fasting, and my flesh hath lost all fatnes.
Cross References
Exodus 10:19And the Lord turned a mightie strong West winde, and tooke away the grashoppers, and violently cast them into the red Sea, so that there remained not one grashopper in all the coast of Egypt.
Job 14:2He shooteth foorth as a flowre, and is cut downe: he vanisheth also as a shadowe, and continueth not.
Psalms 102:12But thou, O Lord, doest remaine for euer, and thy remembrance from generation to generation.
James 4:14(And yet ye cannot tell what shalbe to morowe. For what is your life? It is euen a vapour that appeareth for a litle time, and afterward 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 →