Psalms 109:23
As a shadow when it stretcheth out, I am gone, I am shaken off like the locust;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, oppressed and needy, I am, and, my heart, is wounded within me.
24My knees, tremble from fasting, and, my flesh, faileth of fatness:
Cross References
Exodus 10:19and Yahweh turned back a west wind strong exceedingly, and carried away the locust and cast it into the Red Sea,—there was not left a single locust in all the bounds of Egypt.
Job 14:2As a flower, he cometh forth—and fadeth, He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Psalms 102:12But, thou, O Yahweh, age-abidingly wilt remain, And the memorial of thee, to generation after generation.
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?
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 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 →