Psalm 102:11 “My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.”

Psalm 102:11

My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

World English Bible

My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass.

American Standard Version

My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass.

Geneva Bible 1599

My dayes are like a shadowe that fadeth, and I am withered like grasse.

Darby Translation

My days are like a lengthened-out shadow, and I, I am withered like grass.

Young's Literal Translation

My days as a shadow [are] stretched out, And I — as the herb I am withered.

Bible in Basic English

My days are like a shade which is stretched out; I am dry like the grass.

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Cross references

“My days”

Job 14:2 Psalm 109:23 Psalm 144:4 James 4:14 Ecclesiastes 6:12 Psalm 102:3

Job 14:2 · BSB

Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.

Psalm 109:23 · BSB

I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.

Psalm 144:4 · BSB

Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

James 4:14 · BSB

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.

Ecclesiastes 6:12 · BSB

For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?

Psalm 102:3 · BSB

For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.

“I am withered”

1 Peter 1:24 Isaiah 40:6–8 James 1:10 Psalm 102:4

1 Peter 1:24 · BSB

For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,

Isaiah 40:6–8 · BSB

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.

James 1:10 · BSB

But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.

Psalm 102:4 · BSB

My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.

12But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.

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