Psalm 109:23

I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

Cross-references

Psalm 102:11 also compares life to a lengthening shadow — both use the same metaphor for fleeting existence.

Psalm 144:4 Parallel

Psalm 144:4 describes man's days as a passing shadow — the same image of transience used here.

1 Chronicles 29:15 also says our days are like a shadow with no abiding — reinforcing the fleeting life theme.

Job 14:2 Parallel

Job 14:2 compares man to a fleeting shadow — the same imagery of life's brevity as here.

Ecclesiastes 6:12 describes life passing like a shadow — echoing the same transient imagery.

Job 17:7 Parallel

Job 17:7 says his members are as a shadow, similarly using shadow imagery to depict fading strength and sorrow.

Ecclesiastes 8:13 also uses the shadow metaphor for life's brevity, but applies it to the wicked's fleeting days.

James 4:14 Parallel

James 4:14 compares life to a vanishing vapor, echoing the same transience as the shadow and locust imagery here.