When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains.” But Zebul said to him, “You are seeing the shadow of the mountains as if they were people.”

Isaiah said, “This shall be the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will perform the word that He has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten steps or go back ten steps?”

So Hezekiah said, “It is easy for the shadow to decline ten steps; no, but have the shadow turn backward ten steps.”

Then Isaiah the prophet called out to the Lord, and He brought the shadow on the stairway back ten steps by which it had gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.

For we are strangers before You, and temporary residents, as all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope.

For we are only of yesterday and know nothing, Because our days on earth are as a shadow.

Before I go—and I shall not return— To the land of darkness and deep shadow,

The land of utter gloom like darkness itself, Of deep shadow without order, And it shines like darkness.”

Like a flower he comes out and withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.

My eye has also become inexpressive because of grief, And all my body parts are like a shadow.

Man puts an end to darkness, And to the farthest limit he searches out The rock in gloom and deep shadow.

There is no darkness or deep shadow Where the workers of injustice can hide themselves.

Keep me as the apple of the eye; Hide me in the shadow of Your wings

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

How precious is Your mercy, God! And the sons of mankind take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

Certainly every person walks around as a fleeting shadow; They certainly make an uproar for nothing; He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.

Prayer for Rescue from Persecutors.

For the music director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.

Be gracious to me, God, be gracious to me, For my soul takes refuge in You; And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge Until destruction passes by.

For You have been my help, And in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy.

The mountains were covered with its shadow, And the cedars of God with its branches.

Security of One Who Trusts in the Lord.

One who dwells in the shelter of the Most High Will lodge in the shadow of the Almighty.

My days are like a lengthened shadow, And I wither away like grass.

There were those who lived in darkness and in the shadow of death, Prisoners in misery and chains,

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death And broke their bands apart.

I am passing like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off like the locust.

Man is like the breath; His days are like a passing shadow.