Psalms 103:15

man. Hebrew. 'enosh. App-14.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 103:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As for man - literally, “Man; like the grass are his days!” The thought is fixed on man: man so frail and weak; man, not only made originally of...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

[As for] (i) man, his days [are] as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. (i) He declares that man has nothing in himself to move God...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CIII. A Hymn of Thanksgiving for Yahweh's Pardoning Love. The main theme is stated in Psalms 103:6-14 . Yahweh is just, He rights the oppressed, b...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

To the same purpose is the comparison immediately following, (verse 15,) that all the excellency of man withers away like a fading flower at th...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 674 PERPETUITY OF GOD’S MERCY Psalms 103:15-18 . As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth: for...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. His days are as grass - See the note on Psalms 90:5 .
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. -Our grass-like frailty and mortality would cause us to despai...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

In this Ps. the hope of the previous one has been fulfilled, and sorrow has given place to thanksgiving. Its probable date is soon after the return f...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 103:1-22 THERE are no clouds in the horizon, nor notes of sadness in the music, of this psalm. No purer outburst of thankfulness enriches t...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Everlasting Loving-Kindness Psalms 103:13-22 The psalmist comes from the far-reaching sky to the homely image of a father's pity. God is a grea...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

It seems almost a work of supererogation to write anything about this psalm. It is perhaps the most perfect song of pure praise to be found in the Bi...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nothing can he more beautiful and interesting than the striking contrast the Psalmist hath drawn in these verses between the frail, perishing, dying...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 103:15 [As for] man, his days [are] as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. Ver. 15. As for man, his days are as grass ] T...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For he knoweth our frame The weakness and mortality of our natures, and the frailty and misery of our condition, (as the expression seems to be exp...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Goodness and Compassion of God. 6 The L ORD executeth righteousness...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A flower of the field; which is more exposed to winds and other violences than the flowers of the garden, which are secured by the art and care of...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION This, as appears from the superscription, is one of David’s Psalms. It is a Psalm of great beauty and preciousness, and has been a grea...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 103:15-16 Man's reason is his distinctive privilege; but it has one melancholy result: it makes him know his own weakness and mortality. Ot...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Let us read, dear friends, the one hundred and third Psalm, not because we do not know it, but because I trust that we know it by heart, and feel tha...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 103:1 . Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name, We ought to be always blessing God; this sacred employ...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 103:1-19 . Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his bene...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 103:1 . Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Come, my heart, be down in the dumps no longer, take t...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 103:1 . Bless the LORD, O my soul: Come, my soul, wake up, bestir thyself, for thou hast a great work to do. Psalms 103:1 . And all th...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This is a song of exulting thanksgiving, of overflowing joy and praise. Let each one of us read it as speaking for himself. Let it, here and now, be...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

What more appropriate passage than the 103 rd Psalm can we read, on this first Sabbath night of another year, to express the gratitude of our thankfu...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

One's heart naturally turns to this passage when one desires to magnify the Lord. It is specially suitable for a New Year's meditation. Psalms 103:...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This is a psalm of David, written after some recent deliverance from sickness, or other affliction. The composition is the unfolding of the heart in...
The Biblical Illustrator

Bless the Lord, O my soul. A song of praise Like stately pillars supporting a solemn temple, three noble psalms, placed side by side, exalt the...
The Biblical Illustrator

As for man, his days are as grass. Human life We have here presented man’s existence in relation to-- I. The material and the moral. 1. H...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION A PSALM of joy and thanksgiving for God's manifold mercies, especially for his loving kindness in forgiving sin and transgression (...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hymn to the Mercy of God. A psalm of David, voicing his thankful acknowledgment of God's gifts and blessings upon himself, the conclusion calling...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

As for man, his days are as grass, emblem of perishableness, 1 Peter 1:24 ; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth, Job 14:1-2 , its beauty...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 1:24 ; Isaiah 28:1 ; Isaiah 28:4 ; Isaiah 40:6-8 ; Isaiah 51:12 ; James 1:10 ; James 1:11 ; Job 14:1-3 ; Nahum 1:4 ; Psalms 90:5 ;...

¹⁵ As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 103:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 103:15