Psalms 103:16
when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
In Context
15As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;
Cross References
Genesis 5:24Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.
Job 7:8The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
Job 8:18If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
Job 20:9The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.
Isaiah 40:6A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.
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 →