Psalm 103:15

15 The days of a human life are like grass: they bloom like a wildflower;

Psalm 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 ) .

Psalm 103:15 In-Context

13 Like a parent feels compassion for their children— that's how the LORD feels compassion for those who honor him.

14 Because God knows how we're made, God remembers we're just dust.

15 The days of a human life are like grass: they bloom like a wildflower;

16 but when the wind blows through it, it's gone; even the ground where it stood doesn't remember it.

17 But the LORD's faithful love is from forever ago to forever from now for those who honor him. And God's righteousness reaches to the grandchildren