Psalm 103:15

15 As for us, our life is like grass. We grow and flourish like a wild flower;

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 As a father is kind to his children, so the Lord is kind to those who honor him.

14 He knows what we are made of; he remembers that we are dust.

15 As for us, our life is like grass. We grow and flourish like a wild flower;

16 then the wind blows on it, and it is gone - no one sees it again.

17 But for those who honor the Lord, his love lasts forever, and his goodness endures for all generations