Psalms 103:14
producing grass for cattle and herbs for the service of men. So may you draw bread from the earth,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, until you return to the earth from which you were taken. For dust you are, and unto dust you shall return.”
Job 7:21Why do you not steal away my sin, and why do you not sweep away my iniquity? Behold, now I will sleep in the dust, and if you seek me in the morning, I will not remain.
Job 13:25Against a leaf, which is carried away by the wind, you reveal your power, and you pursue dry straw.
Ecclesiastes 12:7and the dust returns to its earth, from which it was, and the spirit returns to God, who granted it.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 103:7-19
Goodness and Compassion of God. 6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. 7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel. 8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. 9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. 12 As… Read the whole commentary →