Mazmur 102:11

102:11 My days are coming to an end, ¹ 

and I am withered like grass.

Mazmur 109:23

109:23 I am fading away like a shadow at the end of the day; ² 

I am shaken off like a locust.

Mazmur 144:4

144:4 People ³  are like a vapor,

their days like a shadow that disappears. ⁴ 

[102:11]  ¹ tn Heb “my days [are] like an extended [or “lengthening”] shadow,” that is, like a late afternoon shadow made by the descending sun that will soon be swallowed up by complete darkness.

[109:23]  ² tn Heb “like a shadow when it is extended I go.” He is like a late afternoon shadow made by the descending sun that will soon be swallowed up by complete darkness. See Ps 102:11.

[144:4]  ³ tn Heb “man,” or “mankind.”

[144:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “his days [are] like a shadow that passes away,” that is, like a late afternoon shadow made by the descending sun that will soon be swallowed up by complete darkness. See Ps 102:11.