Psalms 103 · Verse 14

Psalms 103:14

For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
Psalms 103:14, King James Version

Psalms 103:14 in other translations

BSBFor He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.
WEBFor he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust.
ASVFor he knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.
YLTFor He hath known our frame, Remembering that we are dust.
DARBYFor himself knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
BBEFor he has knowledge of our feeble frame; he sees that we are only dust.
WebsterFor he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

What does Psalms 103:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. he--"who formed," Psa 94:9. knoweth our frame--literally, "our form." we are dust--made of and tending to it (Ge 2:7).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 For he knoweth our frame - יצרנו yitsrenu, "our formation;" the manner in which we are constructed, and the materials of which we are made. He knows we cannot contend with him, and if he uses his power against us, we must be crushed to destruction. In all his conduct towards us he considers the frailty of our nature, the untowardness of our circumstances, the strength and subtlety of temptation, and the sure party (till the heart is renewed) that the tempter has within us. Though all these things are against us, yet it must ever be said, whatever use we make of it, "the grace of God is sufficient for us." But alas! alas! who makes use of that sufficient grace? Here, then, is cause for condemnation. But, O amazing mercy! if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him; for he knoweth our frame, he remembereth that we are but dust. The man who can say, in the face of these Scriptures, Let us sin that grace may abound, is a brute and demon, who has neither lot nor part in this thing.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 103:6-14

Truly God is good to all: he is in a special manner good to Israel. He has revealed himself and his grace to them. By his ways we may understand his precepts, the ways he requires us to walk in; and his promises and purposes. He always has been full of compassion. How unlike are those to God, who take every occasion to chide, and never know when to cease! What would become of us, if God should deal so with us? The…

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Psalms 103:14 in the original Hebrew

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כִּי\־ki-forH3588
ה֖וּאhu'heH1931
יָדַ֣עya.Da'he knowsH3045
יִצְרֵ֑נוּyitz.Re.nuform ourH3336
זָ֝כ֗וּרza.Khur[he is] rememberingH2142
כִּי\־ki-thatH3588
עָפָ֥ר'a.Far[are] dustH6083
אֲנָֽחְנוּ\׃'a.Na.che.nuweH587

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 103:14

  • Ecclesiastes 12:7

    Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

  • Job 10:9

    Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?

  • Psalms 78:38-39

    But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

  • Genesis 3:19

    In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

  • Psalms 89:47

    Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

  • Job 7:21

    And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

  • Job 7:5-7

    My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome. My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope. O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

  • Job 13:25

    Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

  • Isaiah 29:16

    Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he knoweth.
78:38,39; 89:47
we are dust.
Ge 3:19; Job 7:5-7,21; 10:9; 13:25; Ec 12:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 103:13

    Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

  • Psalms 103:14

    For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

  • Psalms 103:15

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

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Psalms 103:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque él conoce nuestra condición; acuérdase que somos polvo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car il sait de quoi nous sommes formés, il se souvient que nous sommes poussière.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn er kennt unser Gebilde, ist eingedenk, daß wir Staub sind.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		producens fœnum jumentis, et herbam servituti hominum, ut educas panem de terra,