Psalms 102:11
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
King James Version
In Context
10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
12But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
Cross References
Job 14:2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Psalms 39:5Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
Psalms 109:23I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, 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 by the rod of his wrath.
James 4:14Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, 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 →