Psalm 102:11 My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass.

English Standard Version
My days are like an evening shadow; I wither away like grass.

New American Standard Bible
My days are like a lengthened shadow, And I wither away like grass.

King James Bible
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My days are like a lengthening shadow, and I wither away like grass.

International Standard Version
My life is like a declining shadow, and I am withering like a plant.

American Standard Version
My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass.

Douay-Rheims Bible
My days have declined like a shadow, and I am withered like grass.

Darby Bible Translation
My days are like a lengthened-out shadow, and I, I am withered like grass.

Young's Literal Translation
My days as a shadow are stretched out, And I -- as the herb I am withered.

Cross References

James 1:11
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it wither the grass, and the flower thereof falls, and the grace of the fashion of it perishes: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

Job 14:2
He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down: he flees also as a shadow, and continues not.

Psalm 6:2
Have mercy on me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.

Psalm 102:4
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

Psalm 109:23
I am gone like the shadow when it declines: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

Psalm 144:4
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passes away.

Isaiah 40:6
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

102:1-11 The whole word of God is of use to direct us in prayer; but here, is often elsewhere, the Holy Ghost has put words into our mouths. Here is a prayer put into the hands of the afflicted; let them present it to God. Even good men may be almost overwhelmed with afflictions. It is our duty and interest to pray; and it is comfort to an afflicted spirit to unburden itself, by a humble representation of its griefs. We must say, Blessed be the name of the Lord, who both gives and takes away. The psalmist looked upon himself as a dying man; My days are like a shadow.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

11. shadow … declineth—soon to vanish in the darkness of night.