Psalms 102:11

Psalms 102:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
• New International Version (NIV)My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
• English Standard Version (ESV)My days are like an evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
• New King James Version (NKJV)My days are like a shadow that lengthens, And I wither away like grass.

Context of Psalms 102:11

9For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping, 10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: For thou hast taken me up, and cast me away. My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass. 12But thou, O Jehovah, wilt abide for ever; And thy memorial name unto all generations. 13Thou wilt arise, and have mercy upon Zion; For it is time to have pity upon her, Yea, the set time is come.

Psalms 102:11 word by word

יָ֭מַי כְּצֵ֣ל נָט֑וּי וַ֝אֲנִ֗י כָּעֵ֥שֶׂב אִיבָֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 102:11

• Psalms 102:3For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand.
• Psalms 39:5Behold, thou hast made my daysas handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. [Selah
• Psalms 109:23I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
• Psalms 144:4Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.
• Job 14:2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
• Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knoweth what is good for man in his life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
• James 4:14whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
• Psalms 102:4My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread.
• Isaiah 40:6The voice of one saying, Cry. And one said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field.
• James 1:10and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
• 1 Peter 1:24For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:

Commentaries on Psalms 102:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11My days are like a shadow that declineth - Or rather, My days decline like the shadow. I have passed my meridian, and the sun of my prosperity is about to set for ever. There may be here an allusion to the declination of the sun towards the south, which, by shortening their days, would greatly lengthen their nights. Similar to the exclamation of a contemporary prophet, Jeremiah 8:20; : "The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved."…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11My days are like a shadow that declineth - The shadow made by the gnomon on a sun-dial, which marks the hours as they pass. See 2 Kings 20:10. The idea is that the shadow made by the descending sun was about to disappear altogether. It had become less distinct and clear, and it would soon vanish. It would seem from this, that the dial was so made that the shadow indicating the hour ascended when the sun ascended, and declined when the sun went down. See…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11The psalmist feels that life is empty and short (Psalms 102:4; 109:23; 144:4).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. shadow ... declineth--soon to vanish in the darkness of night.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 102:11

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Life

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Commentaries on Psalms 102

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings