Psalms 103:16

“For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone, etc.] A stormy wind, as the Targum, which tears it up by its roots, or blows off the flower, and it is seen no more; or a blighting easterly wind, which, blowing on it, shrivels it up, and it dies at once; such an one as blasted the seven ears of corn in Pharaoh’s dream, (<014123>Genesis 41:23) or any impetuous, drying, and noxious wind: and so when the east wind of adversity passes over a man, his riches, and honour, and estate, are presently gone; or some bodily distemper, which takes away health, strength, and beauty, and impairs the mind; and especially death, which removes at once into another world. And the place thereof shall know it no…”

“For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone - Margin, as in Hebrew, “it is not.” The reference is either to a hot and burning wind, that dries up the flower; or to a furious wind that tears it from its stem; or to a gentle breeze that takes off its petals as they loosen their hold, and are ready to fall. So man falls - as if a breath - a breeze - came over him, and he is gone. How easily is man swept off! How little force, apparently, does it require to remove the most beautiful and blooming youth of either sex from the earth! How speedily does beauty vanish; how soon, like a fading flower, does such a one pass away! And the place thereof shall know it no more - That is, It shall no more…”

“the wind: Job 27:20, Job 27:21; Isa 40:7 it is gone: Heb. it is not, Gen 5:24; Job 14:10 and the: Job 7:6-10, Job 8:18, Job 8:19, Job 20:9 Psalms 103:17”