Mazmur 39:4

39:4 “O Lord, help me understand my mortality

and the brevity of life! ¹ 

Let me realize how quickly my life will pass! ² 

Mazmur 102:11

102:11 My days are coming to an end, ³ 

and I am withered like grass.

Mazmur 109:23

109:23 I am fading away like a shadow at the end of the day; ⁴ 

I am shaken off like a locust.

Mazmur 144:4

144:4 People ⁵  are like a vapor,

their days like a shadow that disappears. ⁶ 

[39:4]  ¹ tn Heb “Cause me to know, O Lord, my end; and the measure of my days, what it is!”

[39:4]  ² tn Heb “Let me know how transient I am!”

[102:11]  ³ 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]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn Heb “man,” or “mankind.”

[144:4]  ⁶ 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.