“I am gone like the shadow, when it declineth: I am tossed vp and downe as the locust.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
- King James Version
I am passing like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off like the locust.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
- American Standard Version (1901)
I am gone like the shade when it is stretched out: I am forced out of my place like a locust.
- Basic English Bible
I am gone like a shadow when it lengtheneth; I am tossed about like the locust;
- Darby Bible
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
- Webster's Bible
I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust.
- World English Bible
As a shadow when it is stretched out I have gone, I have been driven away as a locust.
- Youngs Literal Bible
I am gone like the shadow when it lengtheneth; I am shaken off as the locust.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Psalms 109:23
109:23 When - Towards the evening, when the sun is setting. The locust - Which is easily driven away with every wind.