Psalms 103:16
For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more.
World English 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. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Cross References
Genesis 5:24Enoch walked with God, and he was not found, for God took him.
Job 7:8The eye of him who sees me will see me no more. Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.
Job 8:18If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have not seen you.’
Job 20:9The eye which saw him will see him no more, neither will his place see him any more.
Isaiah 40:6The voice of one saying, “Cry out!” One said, “What shall I cry?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like 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 →