Psalms 102:11
My days as a shadow [are] stretched out, And I — as the herb I am withered.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
In Context
10From Thine indignation and Thy wrath, For Thou hast lifted me up, And dost cast me down.
12And Thou, O Jehovah, to the age abidest, And Thy memorial to all generations.
Cross References
Job 14:2As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.
Psalms 39:5Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age [is] as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity [is] every man set up. Selah.
Psalms 109:23As a shadow when it is stretched out I have gone, I have been driven away as a locust.
Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knoweth what [is] good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?
Lamentations 3:1I [am] the man [who] hath seen affliction By the rod of His wrath.
James 4:14who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;
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 →