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14 For he knows how we were formed;
    he remembers that we are only dust.[a]
15 The days of mortal man are like grass;
    he flourishes like a flower of the field.
16 The wind sweeps over him, and he is gone,
    and his place never sees him again.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 103:14 The Lord has compassion on those “who fear him” (v. 13) because he knows their frailty, that they are but dust (see Gen 2:7; 3:19; Job 4:19; Eccl 3:20; 12:7).

14 for he knows how we are formed,(A)
    he remembers that we are dust.(B)
15 The life of mortals is like grass,(C)
    they flourish like a flower(D) of the field;
16 the wind blows(E) over it and it is gone,
    and its place(F) remembers it no more.

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