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Psalm 103:14-16
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14 For he knows what we are made of;[a]
he realizes[b] we are made of clay.[c]
15 A person’s life is like grass.[d]
Like a flower in the field it flourishes,
16 but when the hot wind[e] blows, it disappears,
and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 103:14 tn Heb “our form.”
  2. Psalm 103:14 tn Heb “remembers.”
  3. Psalm 103:14 tn Heb “we [are] clay.”
  4. Psalm 103:15 tn Heb “[as for] mankind, like grass [are] his days.” The Hebrew noun אֱנוֹשׁ (ʾenosh) is used here generically of human beings. What is said is true of all mankind.
  5. Psalm 103:16 tn Heb “[the] wind.” The word “hot” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
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Psalm 103:14-16
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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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