Psalm 109:23

New International Reader's Version

I fade away like an evening shadow. I’m like a locust that someone brushes off.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:15

We are outsiders and strangers in your sight. So were all of our people who lived long ago. Our days on this earth are like a shadow. We don’t have any hope.

Job 14:2

They grow like flowers, and then they dry up. They are like shadows that quickly disappear.

Psalm 102:12

But Lord, you are seated on your throne forever. Your fame will continue for all time to come.

Psalm 144:4

Their lives don’t last any longer than a breath. Their days are like a shadow that quickly disappears.

Exodus 10:13

So Moses reached out his walking stick over Egypt. Then the Lord made an east wind blow across the land. It blew all that day and all that night. By morning the wind had brought the locusts.

Exodus 10:19

The Lord changed the wind to a very strong west wind. It picked up the locusts. It blew them into the Red Sea. Not even one locust was left anywhere in Egypt.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

Who knows what’s good for a person? They live for only a few meaningless days. They pass through life like a shadow. Who can tell them what will happen on earth after they are gone?

Ecclesiastes 8:13

Sinful people don’t respect God. So things won’t go well with them. Like a shadow, they won’t be around very long.

James 4:14

You don’t even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist that appears for a little while. Then it disappears.