Psalms 103:16
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof knoweth it no more.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
Cross References
Genesis 5:24And Enoch walked with God, and he was not; for God took him.
Job 7:8The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; while Thine eyes are upon me, I am gone.
Job 8:18If he be destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him: 'I have not seen thee.'
Job 20:9The eye which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
Isaiah 40:6Hark! one saith: 'Proclaim!' And he saith: 'What shall I proclaim?' 'All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower 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 →