For my days vanish like smoke,
and my bones burn like a furnace.

My heart is afflicted, withered like grass;
I even forget to eat my food.

I am like a desert owl,
like an owl among the ruins.

I stay awake;
I am like a solitary bird on a roof.

I eat ashes like bread
and mingle my drinks with tears

My days are like a lengthening shadow,
and I wither away like grass.

They will perish, but You will endure;
all of them will wear out like clothing.
You will change them like a garment,
and they will pass away.

He satisfies you with goodness;
your youth is renewed like the eagle.

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

As for man, his days are like grass—
he blooms like a flower of the field;

He wraps Himself in light as if it were a robe,
spreading out the sky like a canopy,

The watery deep covered it like a garment; the waters reached above the mountains.

like wine that makes the heart of people happy, oil that makes the face glow, and food that sustains people.

like the covenant he made with Abraham, and his promise to Isaac.

He gave them hail for rain,
With flaming fire in their land.

He opened a rock, and water gushed out;
it flowed like a stream in the desert.

We have sinned like our ancestors; we have done wrong, we have done evil.

Therefore, they became unclean because of what they did; they have acted like whores by their evil deeds.

They acted like fools in their rebellious ways, and suffered because of their sins.

they reeled and staggered like drunken men,
and all their skill was useless.

But He lifts the needy out of their suffering
and makes their families multiply like flocks.

He wore cursing like his coat—
let it enter his body like water
and go into his bones like oil.

Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself,
like a belt he always wears.

I fade away like a lengthening shadow;
I am shaken off like a locust.

My accusers will be clothed with disgrace;
they will wear their shame like a cloak.

The Lord has sworn an oath and will not take it back:
“Forever, You are a priest
like Melchizedek.”

Who is like Yahweh our God—
the One enthroned on high,

The mountains skipped like rams,
the hills, like lambs.

Mountains, that you skipped like rams?
Hills, like lambs?

Those who make them are just like them,
as are all who trust in them.

They surrounded me like bees;
they were extinguished like a fire among thorns;
in the name of Yahweh I destroyed them.

In the way of thy testimonies, have I rejoiced, Like as over all riches.

I am like a foreigner in this land. Do not hide your commands from me!

Their heart [is] insensitive like fat; As for me, I take delight in your law.

For I am become like a wineskin in the smoke; yet do I not forget your statutes.

You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love your testimonies.

I am delighted by your saying, like a man who makes discovery of great wealth.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant; for I do not forget your commandments.

Like a sharp arrow from a warrior, along with fiery coals from juniper trees!

Jerusalem is built like a city that is all joined together as one;

Like a servant’s eyes on his master’s hand,
like a servant girl’s eyes on her mistress’s hand,
so our eyes are on the Lord our God
until He shows us favor.

We have escaped like a bird from the hunter’s net;
the net is torn, and we have escaped.

Those whose hope is in the Lord are like the mountain of Zion, which may not be moved, but keeps its place for ever.

[A song of ascents.] When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

Restore our fortunes, Lord,
like watercourses in the Negev.

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
are the sons born in one’s youth.

Your wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of your house: your children like olive plants round about your table.

Let them be like grass on the rooftops,
which withers before it grows up

Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself
like a little weaned child with its mother;
I am like a little child.

It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;

It is like the dew of Hermon
falling on the mountains of Zion.
For there the Lord has appointed the blessing—
life forevermore.

They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusts in them.

Knowledge like this is too amazing for me. It is beyond my reach, and I cannot fathom it.

even the darkness is not dark to You.
The night shines like the day;
darkness and light are alike to You.

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.

Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don't let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.

Like plowing and furrowing the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

For the enemy has pursued me,
crushing me to the ground,
making me live in darkness
like those long dead.

I spread out my hands to You;
I am like parched land before You.Selah

Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit fails: hide not your face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passes away.

Then our sons will be like plants
nurtured in their youth,
our daughters, like corner pillars
that are carved in the palace style.

They will overflow [like a fountain] when they speak of Your great and abundant goodness
And will sing joyfully of Your righteousness.

He gives snow like wool: he scatters the frost like ashes.

He casts forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?

He has not dealt with any other nation like this; they never knew his decrees. Hallelujah!

For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck.

Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death;

When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you.

if you seek it like silver
and search for it like hidden treasure,

He stores up effective counsel for the upright, and is like a shield for those who live with integrity,

She is like a tree of life to those who obtain her, and everyone who grasps hold of her will be blessed.

But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.

But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom;
they don’t know what makes them stumble.

Like the loving deer and pleasant doe, let her breasts satisfy you at all times, and be ravished always with her love.

Make yourself free, like the roe from the hand of the archer, and the bird from him who puts a net for her.

So shall your poverty come upon you like a vagabond, and your want like an armed man.

For [like] a lamp [is] a commandment, and instruction [is] light, and the way of life [is the] reproof of discipline,

Keep my commands and live, and my teaching like [the] {apple of your eye}.

A woman came to meet him
dressed like a prostitute,
having a hidden agenda.

The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord;

Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side.

Then I was by him, like a master workman: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;

The memory of righteousness [is] like a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.

The tongue of the upright man is like tested silver: the heart of the evil-doer is of little value.

[It is] like a sport for a fool to do wrong, wisdom for a person of understanding.

Like the passing away of a tempest, so the lawless one is not, but, the righteous, hath an age-abiding foundation.

Like acid drink to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the hater of work to those who send him.

The way of the Lord is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.

The mouth of the righteous flows with [skillful and godly] wisdom,
But the perverted tongue will be cut out.

Like as righteousness bringeth life; even so to cleave unto evil, bringeth death.

Like a ring of gold in the nose of a pig, is a beautiful woman who has no sense.

He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.

The fruit of the righteous is like a tree producing life, and the one who wins souls is wise.

A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that makes ashamed is like rottenness in his bones.

There is one that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise brings health.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is like a tree of life.