Psalms 102:11 · KJV
“My days {are} like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.”
— Psalms 102:11
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
Psalms 102 — Context
For 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.
11My days {are} like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
12But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
13Thou shalt arise, {and} have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
Cross References
Job 14:2
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Psalms 109:23
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
Psalms 144:4
Man is like to vanity: his days {are} as a shadow that passeth away.
1 Peter 1:24
For all flesh {is} as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: {For: or, For that}
James 4:14
Whereas ye know not what {shall be} on the morrow. For what {is} your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. {It...: or, For it is}
James 1:10
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
Isaiah 40:6-8
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh {is} grass, and all the goodliness thereof {is} as the flower of the field:
Psalms 102:3-4
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. {like...: or, (as some read) into smoke}