For wisdom provides protection, just as money provides protection. But the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

Like a servant longing for the evening shadow, and like a hired man looking for his wages,

My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.

As for you, the one who lives in the shelter of the sovereign One, and resides in the protective shadow of the mighty king –

I am fading away like a shadow at the end of the day; I am shaken off like a locust.

People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.

Hezekiah answered, “It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps, but not for it to go back ten steps.”

He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.

Protect me as you would protect the pupil of your eye! Hide me in the shadow of your wings!

For you are my deliverer; under your wings I rejoice.

The mountains were covered by its shadow, the highest cedars by its branches.

My days are coming to an end, and I am withered like grass.

The Lord is your protector; the Lord is the shade at your right hand.

For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.

How precious is your loyal love, O God! The human race finds shelter under your wings.

By day it will be a shelter to provide shade from the heat, as well as safety and protection from the heavy downpour.

like heat in a dry land, you humble the boasting foreigners. Just as the shadow of a cloud causes the heat to subside, so he causes the song of tyrants to cease.

They travel down to Egypt without seeking my will, seeking Pharaoh’s protection, and looking for safety in Egypt’s protective shade.

But Pharaoh’s protection will bring you nothing but shame, and the safety of Egypt’s protective shade nothing but humiliation.

He made my mouth like a sharp sword, he hid me in the hollow of his hand; he made me like a sharpened arrow, he hid me in his quiver.