Psalms 102:11
9 For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
10 because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.
My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
12 But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.
13 You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
- KJV
- My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
- WEB
- My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass.
- ASV
- My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass.
- DARBY
- My days are like a lengthened-out shadow, and I, I am withered like grass.
- BLB
- My days [are] like a shadow stretching out; and I, like the grass, wither away.
- ÅB
- Mine dager er som en hellende skygge, og selv visner jeg som en urt.
- OTB
- Mine dager er som en forlenget skygge,
Og jeg visner bort som gress. - B1930
- Mine dager er som en hellende skygge, og selv visner jeg som en urt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 14:2
Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
Read in contextPsalms 109:23
I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
Read in contextPsalms 144:4
Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
Read in context1 Peter 1:24
For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
Read in contextJames 4:14
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.
Read in contextJames 1:10
But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
Read in contextIsaiah 40:6–8
A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.
Read in contextPsalms 102:3–4
For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
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