Psalm 109:23
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I am gone like the shadow when it declineth; I am tossed up and down as the locust.
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
I am vanishing like a shadow when it lengthens and fades; I am shaken off like the locust.
I am gone like the shadow when it lengthens and declines; I toss up and down and am shaken off as the locust.
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
I fade away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
Like a lengthening shadow, I’m passing away; I’m shaken off, like some locust.
Like a lengthening evening shadow, I am gone; I am shaken off like a locust.
I am fading away like an evening shadow; I am tossed aside like a crawling insect.
I am gone like a shadow when it lengtheneth; I am tossed about like the locust;
I feel my life is over, fading like a shadow at day’s end. I feel like a bug that someone brushed away.
I will soon be gone, like a shadow that disappears in the evening. I am like an insect that the wind blows away.
Like a shadow after it lengthens, I go away. I am shaken off like a locust.
I am gone like a shadow at evening; I am shaken off like a locust.
I am gone like a shadow at evening; I am shaken off like a locust.
I am ·dying [L gone] like an evening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
I depart like the shadow that declineth, and am shaken off as the grasshopper.
I fade away like a lengthening shadow. I have been shaken off like a grasshopper.
Like an evening shadow I am about to vanish; I am blown away like an insect.
I fade away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
I am dying like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust.
I am fading away like a shadow late in the day; I am shaken off like a locust.
I am gone like the shadow when it declines; I am tossed up and down by the wind as the locust.
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
I am passing like a shadow when it is stretched out; I am shaken off like the locust.
Like a lengthening shadow I am passing away; I am shaken off like a locust.
I am slipping down the hill to death; I am shaken off from life as easily as a man brushes a grasshopper from his arm.
Oh, God, my Lord, step in; work a miracle for me—you can do it! Get me out of here—your love is so great!— I’m at the end of my rope, my life in ruins. I’m fading away to nothing, passing away, my youth gone, old before my time. I’m weak from hunger and can hardly stand up, my body a rack of skin and bones. I’m a joke in poor taste to those who see me; they take one look and shake their heads.
I am gone like a shadow in the evening; I am tossed as the locust.
I fade away like a lengthening shadow. I have been shaken off like a grasshopper.
Like a lengthening shadow I am gone, I am shaken off like the locust.
I am passing like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off like the locust.
I am passing like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off like the locust.
I am fading away like an evening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
I am dying like an evening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
I am fading away like a shadow at the end of the day; I am shaken off like a locust.
I fade away like an evening shadow. I’m like a locust that someone brushes off.
I fade away like an evening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
I fade away like an evening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
I am gone like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off like a locust.
I am passing like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust.
I am fading like a shadow at dusk; I am brushed off like a locust.
I am gone like a shadow at evening; I am shaken off like a locust.
I am gone like a shadow at evening; I am shaken off like a locust.
I am gone like a shadow at evening; I am shaken off like a locust.
I am gone like a shadow at evening; I am shaken off like a locust.
I am gone like a lengthening tzel (shadow); I am shaken off like the arbeh.
I am gone, like a shadow at evening; I am shaken off like a locust.
I am gone, like a shadow at evening; I am shaken off like a locust.
I fade away like an evening shadow, shaken off like a locust.
My life is fading away like a shadow that vanishes in the evening; I am like a locust easily brushed off the shoulder.
I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust.
I am taken away as a shadow, when it boweth away; and I am shaken away as locusts. (I fade away like a shadow in the evening; and I am shaken off like a bug.)
As a shadow when it is stretched out I have gone, I have been driven away as a locust.
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