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Psalms 103:14
14He knows that we are weak humans. He remembers that he used dust to make us.
Psalms 103:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
- New International Version (NIV)for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust.
Context of Psalms 103:14
12How far is the east from the west? The Lord has taken our sins further away than that! He no longer says that we are guilty. 13As a father is kind to his children, the Lord is kind to us. He is kind to people who worship him. He knows that we are weak humans. He remembers that he used dust to make us. 15A person's life is like grass that quickly dies. He is strong only for a short time, like wild flowers in a field. 16A hot wind blows over flowers and they die! Nobody even remembers where they were growing.
Read all of Psalms 103Psalms 103:14 word by word
כִּי־ה֖וּא יָדַ֣ע יִצְרֵ֑נוּ זָ֝כ֗וּר כִּי־עָפָ֥ר אֲנָֽחְנוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 103:14
- Psalms 78:38But God was kind to them, and he forgave them for their sins. He did not destroy them. Many times he was patient, and he did not become angry with them.
- Psalms 89:47Remember that my life is very short! People are weak and their lives seem useless. Why do you make people like that?
- Genesis 3:19You will have to work hard for a long time before you have any food to eat. You will do this for your whole life until you die. Then you will return into the ground. That is where you came from. I made you from the soil of the ground, and you will become soil again.’
- Job 7:5There are worms all over my body. All of my skin is painful. There are dirty sores all over it.
- Job 10:9Remember that you made me, like someone who uses clay to make things. Will you now make me become dust again?
- Job 13:25I am as weak as a leaf that the wind can blow away. But you still want to frighten me. I am as useless as chaff, but you still attack me.
- Ecclesiastes 12:7Our bodies go back into the ground as dust. The breath of our life goes back to God, who gave it to us.
Commentaries on Psalms 103:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14For he knoweth our frame - יצרנו yitsrenu, "our formation;" the manner in which we are constructed, and the materials of which we are made. He knows we cannot contend with him, and if he uses his power against us, we must be crushed to destruction. In all his conduct towards us he considers the frailty of our nature, the untowardness of our circumstances, the strength and subtlety of temptation, and the sure party (till the heart is renewed) that the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14For he knoweth our frame - Our formation; of what we are made; how we are made. That is, he knows that we are made of dust; that we are frail; that we are subject to decay; that we soon sink under a heavy load. This is given as a reason why he pities us - that we are so frail and feeble, and that we are so easily broken down by a pressure of trial. He remembereth that we are dust - Made of the earth. Genesis 2:7; Genesis 3:19. In his dealings with us he…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-14Verses 6-14 Truly God is good to all: he is in a special manner good to Israel. He has revealed himself and his grace to them. By his ways we may understand his precepts, the ways he requires us to walk in; and his promises and purposes. He always has been full of compassion. How unlike are those to God, who take every occasion to chide, and never know when to cease! What would become of us, if God should deal so with us? The Scripture says a great deal…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-16The Lord compassionately cares for weak humans (see Psalm 37:2; 90:5; 92:7; 102:4; Isaiah 40:6–8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. he--"who formed," Psa 94:9. knoweth our frame--literally, "our form." we are dust--made of and tending to it (Ge 2:7).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 103
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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