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- Chapter 102
- Verse 11
Psalms 102:11
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
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Commentary
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever,.... This address is made to Christ, as is clear from Psa 102:25, compared with Heb 1:10, who is a divine Person, endures for ever, is from everlasting to…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
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 2Ki 20:10. The idea is that the shadow made by the descending sun was…
The title of this psalm is very observable; it is a prayer of the afflicted. It was composed by one that was himself afflicted, afflicted with the church and for it; and on those that are of a public…
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