Psalm 102:11
Strong's Lexicon
My days
יָ֭מַי (yā·may)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow

are like lengthening
נָט֑וּי (nā·ṭui)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5186: 1) to stretch out, extend, spread out, pitch, turn, pervert, incline, bend, bow 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to stretch out, extend, stretch, offer 1a2) to spread out, pitch (tent) 1a3) to bend, turn, incline 1a3a) to turn aside, incline, decline, bend down 1a3b) to bend, bow 1a3c) to hold out, extend (fig.) 1b) (Niphal) to be stretched out 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to stretch out 1c2) to spread out 1c3) to turn, incline, influence, bend down, hold out, extend, thrust aside, thrust away

shadows,
כְּצֵ֣ל (kə·ṣêl)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6738: 1) shadow, shade 1a) shadow (on dial) 1b) shadow, shade (as protection) 1c) shadow (symbolic of transitoriness of life)

and I
וַ֝אֲנִ֗י (wa·’ă·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: 1) I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis)

wither away
אִיבָֽשׁ׃ (’î·ḇāš)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3001: 1) to make dry, wither, be dry, become dry, be dried up, be withered 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be dry, be dried up, be without moisture 1a2) to be dried up 1b) (Piel) to make dry, dry up 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to dry up, make dry 1c1a) to dry up (water) 1c1b) to make dry, wither 1c1c) to exhibit dryness

like grass.
כָּעֵ֥שֶׂב (kā·‘ê·śeḇ)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6212: 1) herb, herbage, grass, green plants

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My days are like a lengthening shadow, and 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.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass.

New Living Translation
My life passes as swiftly as the evening shadows. I am withering 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.

NET Bible
My days are coming to an end, and I am withered like grass.

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

English Revised Version
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and 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 withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

Job 14:2
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

Psalm 6:2
Have mercy upon 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 declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

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

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 102:10
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

Psalm 102:9
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

Psalm 102:8
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
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