Psalms 102:11 meaning and explanation

My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.

Psalms 102:11, Berean Standard Bible

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The speaker is the afflicted person named in the psalm's title, pouring out a lament before God. After describing failing health, isolation and taunting enemies, he sums up his condition with two images: a shadow stretching out as evening falls, and grass drying up.

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