Psalms 103:15

15 The life of mortals is like grass, they flourish like a flower of the field;

Psalms 103:15 in Other Translations

15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

15 As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field;

15 Our days on earth are like grass; like wildflowers, we bloom and die.

15 Men and women don't live very long; like wildflowers they spring up and blossom,

15 As for man, his days are like grass- he blooms like a flower of the field;

Psalms 103:15 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 103:15

As for man, his days are as grass
He himself is like the grass which springs out of the earth; continues on it for a time, and then drops into it; the continuance of the grass is very short, it flourishes in the morning, is cut down at evening, and withers; see ( Psalms 90:5 Psalms 90:6 ) . As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth; which denotes the goodliness of man, and describes him in his best estate, as possessed of health, riches, honour, and all the gifts and endowments of nature; and yet, with all these, is only like a field flower, exposed to every wind, liable to be cropped by every hand, and to be trampled upon by the beasts of the field; and therefore flourishes not long: so very precarious and uncertain is man in his most flourishing circumstances; see ( Isaiah 40:6-8 ) .

Psalms 103:15 In-Context

13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;

14 for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.

15 The life of mortals is like grass, they flourish like a flower of the field;

16 the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.

17 But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children—

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 37:2; Psalms 90:5; Psalms 102:11; Isaiah 40:6
• 2. S Job 14:2; James 1:10; 1 Peter 1:24