Psalms 109:23
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 109 connects to 10 cross-references. A lament of David against a vicious adversary who persecutes him with lies and repays evil for good. The notorious imprecatory section asks for the accuser's condemnation, shortened life, fatherless children, and wandering poverty. David appeals to God's steadfast love …
Other Translations
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
As a shadow when it is stretched out I have gone, I have been driven away as a locust.
I am gone like the shade when it is stretched out: I am forced out of my place like a locust.
Cross References
And the Lord turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red …
And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the …
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as …
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; …
For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he …
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, …