Psalms 102:11

1 Peter 1:24; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Isaiah 40:6-8; James 1:10; James 4:14; Job 14:2; Psalms 102:3; Psalms 102:4; Psalms 109:23; Psalms 144:4; Psalms 39:5; Psalms 39:6

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My days are like a shadow that declineth - The shadow made by the gnomon on a sun-dial, which marks the hours as they pass. See 2 Kings 20:10 ....
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CII. The title, which is unique in the Psalter, describes the contents of Psalms 102:1-11 very well. So far the Ps. is the prayer of a man in ext...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

11. My days are like the shadow which declineth (146) When the sun is directly over our heads, that is to say, at mid-day, we do not observ...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. My days are like a shadow that declineth - Or rather, My days decline like...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

My days are like a shadow that declineth— My days are as a shadow which is gone down. The shadow which is gone down, seems not so much to describ...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. -In contrast to his own frailty, the Psalmist finds that consolation i...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This Ps. belongs to the closing days of the exile, and utters the hope of Israel's restoration ( Psalms 102:13-22 ). The Psalmist has been supposed b...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

That declineth ] that vanishes when the sun sets.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A shadow that declineth. — Rather, a lengthening shadow, growing longer as the day declines, and therefore soon to vanish altogether. (Comp. Psa...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 102:1-28 Psalms 102:13-14 show that the psalm was written when Zion was in ruins and the time of her restoration at hand. Sadness shot wi...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Cry of the Afflicted Psalms 102:1-11 This is the fifth of the Penitential Psalms. Some hold that it is one of the later psalms, asking for...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is a song of faith triumphing over affliction. Beginning with a prayer for deliverance, and a statement of the circumstances of suffering in whi...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I make no chasm in the reading of these verses, because they form together a complete detail of the state of the sufferer, and serve the better, in a...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

My days are like a shadow that declineth ,.... Or, "that is stretched out" s, which, though it may appear long, is soon at an end; as it does appear...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

My days [are] like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. Ver. 11. My days are like a shadow that declineth ] As at sunset the sha...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

My days are like a shadow Which “never continueth in one stay, but is still gliding imperceptibly on, lengthening as it goes, and at last vanisheth...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Complaints in Affliction. A prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

My days; my hopes, and comforts, and happiness; days being oft put for happy days, or a happy state, as Psalms 37:18 Lamentations 5:21 , as...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION It is impossible to determine on what occasion and by whom this Psalm was composed. Prof. Alexander and Hengstenberg regard it as a com...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Kindly notice the title of this Psalm: «Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.» I call your...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 102:1-19 . Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine e...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

It appears from Psalms 102:13-16 , that this psalm was written in Babylon, and near the time of the Jewish emancipation. It is highly prophetic of t...
The Biblical Illustrator

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto Thee. Thoughts of comfort and complaint I. Thoughts of complaint ( Psalms 102:1-11 ). 1. Co...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE "title" of this psalm is altogether peculiar, being "a Prayer for the afflicted, when he faints, and pours out his complaint be...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Complaint of One in Great Trouble. A prayer of the afflicted, one in great misery and distress, when he is overwhelmed, Psalms 61:2 , and poureth...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

My days are like a shadow that declineth, lengthening as the sun draws near the western horizon, showing that the night of death is imminent; and I...

¹¹ My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 102:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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