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

9I eat ashes like bread and mingle my drinks with tears 10because of your indignation and wrath; for you have picked me up and thrown me aside. My days are like a lengthening shadow, and I wither away like grass. 12But you, Lord, are enthroned forever; your fame endures to all generations. 13You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her — the appointed time has come.

Psalms 102:11 word by word

יָ֭מַי כְּצֵ֣ל נָט֑וּי וַ֝אֲנִ֗י כָּעֵ֥שֶׂב אִיבָֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• like a shadowצֵלtsêl · shadowH6738
• that declinethנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
• and I am witheredיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · to witherH3001
• like grassעֵ֫שֶׂב‛eώeb · vegetationH6212

Cross-references for Psalms 102:11

• Psalms 102:3For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace.
• Psalms 39:5In fact, you have made my days just inches long, and my life span is as nothing to you. Yes, every human being stands as only a vapor.Selah
• Psalms 109:23I fade away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
• Psalms 144:4A human is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
• Job 14:2He blossoms like a flower, then withers; he flees like a shadow and does not last.
• Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knows what is good for anyone in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow? Who can tell anyone what will happen after him under the sun?
• James 4:14Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring — what your life will be! For you are like vapor that appears for a little while, then vanishes.
• Psalms 102:4My heart is suffering, withered like grass; I even forget to eat my food.
• Isaiah 40:6A voice was saying, “Cry out!” Another said, “What should I cry out?” “All humanity is grass, and all its goodness is like the flower of the field.
• James 1:10but let the rich boast in his humiliation because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
• 1 Peter 1:24For All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like a flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,

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