John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 103:15

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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As for man, his days are as grass, etc.] 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 <199005>Psalm 90:5,6). 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 <234006>Isaiah 40:6-8).

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