Psalms 103:14
For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
In Context
13As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
15As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field;
Cross References
Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
Job 7:21Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”
Job 13:25Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?
Psalms 78:39He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.
Ecclesiastes 12:7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave 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 →