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 ) .