Psalms 102:11
My days, are like a shadow extended, And, I, as green herbage, do wither.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
In Context
10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath, For thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
Cross References
Job 14:2As a flower, he cometh forth—and fadeth, He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Psalms 39:5Lo! as hand-breadths, hast thou granted my days, and my life-time, is as nothing before thee,—Surely, a mere breath, are all men, [even] such as stand firm. [Selah.]
Psalms 109:23As a shadow when it stretcheth out, I am gone, I am shaken off like the locust;
Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knoweth what is good for a man throughout his life, for the number of the days of his life of vanity, seeing he will make them, like 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 indignation;
James 4:14Men who are not versed in the morrow—of what sort your life [will be]; for ye are, a vapour—for a little, appearing, then, just disappearing!
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 →