Psalms 102:11

King James 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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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 this 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 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: 7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. 8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Jas 1:10 : 10 But 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. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, 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 of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
Ps 39:5-6 : 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state{H8737)} is altogether vanity. Selah. 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted{H8799)} in vain: he heapeth up{H8799)} riches, and knoweth{H8799)} not who shall gather{H8802)} them.
Ps 102:3-4 : 3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. 4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 102:3-5
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3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
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