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Psalms 109:23

109:22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

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I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a 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 declines: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

109:24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.

What does Psalms 109:23 mean?

Psalms 109:23 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include הָלַךְ (hâlak), צֵל (tsêl), נָטָה (nâṭâh).

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I
am
goneהָלַךְhâlak/haw-lak'/H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
like
the
shadowצֵלtsêl/tsale/H6738shade, whether literal or figurative
when
it
declineth:נָטָהnâṭâh/naw-taw'/H5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application
I
am
tossed
up
and
downנָעַרnâʻar/naw-ar'/H5287to tumble about
as
the
locust.אַרְבֶּהʼarbeh/ar-beh'/H697a locust (from its rapid increase)

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 109:23.

Exodus 10:12

And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.

Exodus 10:13

And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

Exodus 14:27

And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. overthrew: Heb. shook off

Exodus 9:23

And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.

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What does Psalms 109:23 say?

Psalms 109:23 (King James Version) reads: "I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust."

Is Psalms 109:23 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 109:23 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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