Psalms 102:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִפְּנֵֽי־זַֽעַמְךָ֥ וְקִצְפֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֥י נְ֝שָׂאתַ֗נִי וַתַּשְׁלִיכֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

From before zaʿamḵā and qiṣpeḵā for nᵉśāʾtanî and wattašlîḵēnî

Grammar Details

*mippᵉnê*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - from before/because of
*zaʿamḵā*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your indignation
*wᵉ*: conjunction - and
*qiṣpeḵā*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your wrath
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*nᵉśāʾtanî*: verb, Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - you lifted me up
*wa*: conjunction - and
*ttašlîḵēnî*: verb, Hiphil imperfect consecutive, 2nd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - you cast me down

Word Meanings

*zaʿamḵā*: your indignation/rage/fury
*qiṣpeḵā*: your wrath/anger
*nᵉśāʾtanî*: you lifted me up/carried me
*wattašlîḵēnî*: you cast me down/threw me away

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Job 14:2 : 2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Ps 109:23 : 23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
Ps 144:4 : 4 Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.
Eccl 6:12 : 12 For who knoweth what is good for man in [his] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
Isa 40:6-8 : 6 The voice of one saying, Cry. And one said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. 7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it; surely the people is grass. 8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever.
Jas 1:10 : 10 and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
Jas 4:14 : 14 whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. {G1063} What is your life? For ye are a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
1 Pet 1:24 : 24 For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:
Ps 39:5-6 : 5 Behold, thou hast made my days [as] handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. {H5542} 6 [Surely every man] [walketh] [in a vain show;] [Surely they are disquieted] [in vain:] [He heapeth up] [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Ps 102:3-4 : 3 For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand. 4 My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread.

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