Bible verse
I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
Psalm 109:23 · BSB
The verses around it, from Psalm 109.
19 May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.
20 May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.
21 But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.
22 For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.
23 I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
24 My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.
25 I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
26 Help me, O LORD my God; save me according to Your loving devotion.
27 Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it.
KJV
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
ASV
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
ERV
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
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