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Psalms 102:11

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 102:12.

יָ֭מַיyamayas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…כְּצֵ֣לketselas shadeצֵלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as shade”, the ordinary formH6738shade, whether literal or figurativedefence, shade(-ow).נָט֑וּיnatuyspreadנָטָהverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “spread”, a verb used as a describing wordH5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application[phrase] afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, o…וַ֝אֲנִ֗יvaaniand mineאֲנִיconjunction, pronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “and mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.כָּעֵ֥שֶׂבkaesevas grassעֶשֶׂבpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as grass”, the ordinary formH6212grass (or any tender shoot)grass, herb.אִיבָֽשׁivashbe ashamedיָבֵשׁverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be ashamed”, an unfinished actionH3001to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), [idiom] utterly, wither (away).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(102-12) My days are like a lengthening shadow; and I am withered like grass.

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American Standard Version (1901)

My days are like a shadow that declineth; And 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.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

For according to the height of the heaven above the earth: he hath strengthened his mercy towards them that fear him.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(102-12) My days are like a lengthening shadow; and I am withered like grass.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

My days have declined like a shadow; and I am withered like grass.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Αἱ ἡμέραι μου ὡσεὶ σκιὰ ἐκλίθησαν, κᾀγὼ ὡσεὶ χόρτος ἐξηράνθην.