Discovery BoxPsalms 102:3 
Context102:3 For my days go up in smoke, 1
and my bones are charred like a fireplace. 2
Psalms 102:11
Context102:11 My days are coming to an end, 3
and I am withered like grass.
Psalms 144:4
Context144:4 People 4 are like a vapor,
their days like a shadow that disappears. 5
1 tn Heb “for my days come to an end in smoke.”
2 tn The Hebrew noun מוֹ־קֵד (mo-qed, “fireplace”) occurs only here, in Isa 33:14 (where it refers to the fire itself), and perhaps in Lev 6:2.
3 tn Heb “my days [are] like an extended [or “lengthening”] shadow,” that is, like a late afternoon shadow made by the descending sun that will soon be swallowed up by complete darkness.
4 tn Heb “man,” or “mankind.”
5 tn Heb “his days [are] like a shadow that passes away,” that is, like a late afternoon shadow made by the descending sun that will soon be swallowed up by complete darkness. See Ps 102:11.
