Psalm 109:23

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Summary

Psalm 109:23

I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

Gone

James 4:14

I am tossed

Psalm 102:10

Exodus 10:13

Bible References

Gone

My days are like an evening shadow that lengthens and vanishes [with the sun];
And as for me, I wither away like grass.

Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a shadow that passes away.

For we are sojourners before You, and tenants, as all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope [of remaining].

“Like a flower he comes forth and withers;
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.

For who [limited by human wisdom] knows what is good for man during his lifetime, during the few days of his futile life? He spends them like a shadow [staying busy, but achieving nothing of lasting value]. For who can tell a man what will happen after him [to his work, his treasure, his plans] under the sun [after his life is over]?

But it will not be well for the evil man, nor will he lengthen his days like a shadow, because he does not fear God.

Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen in your life tomorrow. [What is secure in your life?] You are merely a vapor [like a puff of smoke or a wisp of steam from a cooking pot] that is visible for a little while and then vanishes [into thin air].

I am tossed

Because of Your indignation and Your wrath,
For You have lifted me up and thrown me away.

So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind on the land all that day and all that night; when it was morning, the east wind had brought the [swarms of] locusts.