God’s Word Translation
Psalms 102:11
11My days are like a shadow that is getting longer, and I wither away like grass.
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 my tears are mixed with my drink 10because of your hostility and anger, because you have picked me up and thrown me away. My days are like a shadow that is getting longer, and I wither away like grass. 12But you, O Lord, remain forever. You are remembered throughout every generation. 13You will rise and have compassion on Zion, because it is time to grant a favor to it. Indeed, the appointed time has come.
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יָ֭מַי כְּצֵ֣ל נָט֑וּי וַ֝אֲנִ֗י כָּעֵ֥שֶׂב אִיבָֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 102:11
- Psalms 102:3My days disappear like smoke. My bones burn like hot coals.
- Psalms 39:5Indeed, you have made the length of my days ⌞only⌟ a few inches. My life span is nothing compared to yours. Certainly, everyone alive is like a whisper in the wind. Selah
- Psalms 109:23I fade away like a lengthening shadow. I have been shaken off like a grasshopper.
- Psalms 144:4Humans are like a breath of air. Their life span is like a fleeting shadow.
- Job 14:2He comes up like a flower; then he withers. He is like a fleeting shadow; he doesn’t stay long.
- Ecclesiastes 6:12Who knows what may be good for mortals while they are alive, during the brief, pointless days they live? Mortals pass by like a shadow. Who will tell them about their future under the sun?
- James 4:14You don’t know what will happen tomorrow. What is life? You are a mist that is seen for a moment and then disappears.
- Psalms 102:4My heart is beaten down and withered like grass because I have forgotten about eating.
- Isaiah 40:6A voice called, “Call out!” I asked, “What should I call out?” “Call out: All people are like grass, and all their beauty is like a flower in the field.
- James 1:10Rich believers should be proud because being rich should make them humble. Rich people will wither like flowers.
- 1 Peter 1:24“All people are like grass, and all their beauty is like a flower of the field. The grass dries up and the flower drops off,
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
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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
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