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 lifted me up, and cast me down. My days are like a lengthened-out shadow, and I, I am withered like grass. 12But thou, Jehovah, abidest for ever, and thy memorial from generation to generation. 13Thou wilt rise up, thou wilt have mercy upon Zion: for it is the time to be gracious to her, for 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 are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand.
• Psalms 39:5Behold, thou hast made my days [as] hand-breadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before thee; verily, every man, [even] the high placed, is altogether vanity. Selah.
• Psalms 109:23I am gone like a shadow when it lengtheneth; I am tossed about like 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; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.
• Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knoweth what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell man what shall be after him under the sun?
• James 4:14ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, ([for] what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,)
• Psalms 102:4My heart is smitten and withered like grass; yea, I have forgotten to eat my bread.
• Isaiah 40:6A voice saith, Cry. And he saith, What shall I cry? — All flesh is grass, and all the comeliness thereof as the flower of the field.
• James 1:10and the rich in his humiliation, because as [the] grass's flower he will pass away.
• 1 Peter 1:24Because all flesh [is] as grass, and all its glory as [the] flower of grass. The grass has withered and [its] flower has fallen;

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