'Shadow' in the Bible

Keep me [in Your affectionate care, protect me] as the apple of Your eye;Hide me in the [protective] shadow of Your wings

Even though I walk through the [sunless] valley of the shadow of death,I fear no evil, for You are with me;Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort and console me.

How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!The children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

“Surely every man walks around like a shadow [in a charade];Surely they make an uproar for nothing;Each one builds up riches, not knowing who will receive them.

Yet You have [distressingly] crushed us in the place of jackalsAnd covered us with [the deep darkness of] the shadow of death.

Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious and merciful to me,For my soul finds shelter and safety in You,And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge and be confidently secureUntil destruction passes by.

For You have been my help,And in the shadow of Your wings [where I am always protected] I sing for joy.

The mountains were covered with its shadow,And its branches were like the cedars of God.

I am counted among those who go down to the pit (grave);I am like a man who has no strength [a mere shadow],

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most HighWill remain secure and rest in the shadow of the Almighty [whose power no enemy can withstand].

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

Some dwelt in darkness and in the deep (deathly) darkness,Prisoners [bound] in misery and chains,

He brought them out of darkness and the deep (deathly) darknessAnd broke their bonds apart.

I am vanishing like a shadow when it lengthens and fades;I am shaken off like the locust.

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