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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)My life passes as swiftly as the evening shadows. I am withering away like grass.

Context of Psalms 102:11

9For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears 10because of your great wrath, for you have taken me up and thrown me aside. My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass. 12But you, Lord, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations. 13You will arise 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; my bones burn like glowing embers.
• Psalms 39:5You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure.
• Psalms 109:23I fade away like an evening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
• Psalms 144:4They are like a breath; their days are like a fleeting shadow.
• Job 14:2They spring up like flowers and wither away; like fleeting shadows, they do not endure.
• Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few and meaningless days they pass through like a shadow? Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?
• James 4:14Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
• Psalms 102:4My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.
• Isaiah 40:6A voice says, “Cry out.” And I said, “What shall I cry?” “All people are like grass, and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.
• James 1:10But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower.
• 1 Peter 1:24For, “All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,

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