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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Psalms 103:16

Field. Hebrew, "of Jehova." Houbigant would substitute ssodi, "field," (Haydock) as this name of God is never used to denote "high" trees, &c. (Berthier) --- God provides for the wants of all the creation, even of those things which seem less necessary to us. (Calmet)

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See also Psalms 103:16 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 103:16. _THE WIND PASSETH OVER IT_] Referring perhaps to some blasting pestilential wind....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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 i...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 103 The Praise of Israel _ 1. The benefits of full salvation (Psalms 103:1)_ 2. Merciful and gracious (Psalms 103:8) 3. His throne and His kingdom ...

  • 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. Yahweh is just, He rights the oppressed, but above all He is considerate and ready to pardon sin. He...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WIND. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. IT IS GONE. there is no sign of it. THE PLACE... KNOW IT. Figure of speech _Prosopopoeia._ KNOW. recognize....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 674 PERPETUITY OF GOD’S MERCY Psalms 103:15. As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth: for the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place ther...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 103 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Bless Jehovah; for He is Worthy. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 103:1-5, Bless Jehovah: For his Personal Dealings. Stanza II., Psalms 103:6-10, For his Revealed Charac

  • 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 despair, but that we have sure hope in Yahweh's everlasting m...

  • 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 from exile. The Psalmist utters his personal gratitu...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 90:106 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE LOVE OF GOD PSALMS 103 Jesus said, "Your Father in heaven knows everything that you need". (Matthew

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE WIND — _i.e.,_ the hot, scorching blast, as in Isaiah 40:7. Even in our humid climate, it may be said of a flower — “If one sharp wind sweep o’er the field, It withers in an hour.” But the pesti...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּ֤י ר֣וּחַ עָֽבְרָה ־בֹּ֣ו וְ אֵינֶ֑נּוּ וְ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 103:1 THERE are no clouds in the horizon, nor notes of sadness in the music, of this psalm. No purer outburst of thankfulness enriches the Church. It is well that, amid the many psalms which gi...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    EVERLASTING LOVING-KINDNESS Psalms 103:13 The psalmist comes from the far-reaching sky to the homely image of a father's pity. God is a great King, the mighty Creator, but the Spirit witnesses that w...

  • 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 Bible. It has become the common inheritance of all wh...

  • 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 nature of man, and the strength and eternity of God...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 103-106 give us the results and the covenant in grace and in responsibility, of Israel's history. Psalms 103 is the voice of Messiah in Israel in praise according to God's dealing with them; Ps...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR THE WIND PASSETH OVER IT, AND IT IS GONE,.... 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, bl...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. Ver. 16. _For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone_] Heb. it is not; that is, it neither continues any l...

  • 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 explained in the following clause) _That we are_ but _...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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 upon all creatures to join in his song of praise....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For the wind passeth over it, the scorching wind coming up from the desert, AND IT IS GONE, withered and perished; AND THE PLACE THEREOF, the spot of ground where it spent its brief existence, SHALL K...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    IT IS GONE: _ Heb._ it is not...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    15-18 How short is man's life, and uncertain! The flower of the garden is commonly more choice, and will last the longer, for being sheltered by the garden-wall, and the gardener's care; but the flow...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    A blasting or stormy wind bloweth upon it, and there is no more any appearance nor remembrance of it in the place where it stood and flourished....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 103:16 wind H7307 over H5674 (H8804) place H4725 remembers H5234 (H8686) the wind -...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 103:15 Man's reason is his distinctive privilege; but it has one melancholy result: it makes him know his own weakness and mortality. Other creatures are only aware of evil when they actually c...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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 103:1. _Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is withi...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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 thankful hearts. I will only interject a sentence here and...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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 employment should be like an atmosphere surrounding us at al...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 103:1. _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 benefit?_ Three times the psalmist says, «Bless, bless, ble...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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 thy harp from the willows, tune its strings, and begin...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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 our own personal tribute of peculiar mercy received...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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 that is within in me, bless his holy name._ Let no power...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The psalmist, affected with the goodness of God stirs himself up to praise God. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: God is the fountain of all good, whatever may be the channel and to His...

  • 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 gratitude to God, for personal and for national mer...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more._ THE AUTUMN WIND: AN EMBLEM OF DEATH I. The autumn wind works gradually. Blade by blade, the herbs wither...

  • 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. His relation to the material. Like the flower-- (1) He sp...

  • 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 glory of Jehovah: 103 glorifies the God of grace; 10...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 103:1. This is a hymn of praise, celebrating the Lord’s abundant goodness and love for his people. It is the first of four psalms reflecting on God’s dealings with his peopl...

  • The 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 great favourite of devout souls in all ages. The fulness...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION A PSALM of joy and thanksgiving for God's manifold mercies, especially for his loving kindness in forgiving sin and transgression (Psalms 103:3, Psalms 103:8, Psalms 103:17) passing

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Psa 103:1-22, a favorite psalm of thanksgiving time. I trust that it wasn't so long ago that you have already forgotten how thankful you were. Bless the LORD, O my soul (Psalms 103:1): Now this is a...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Genesis 5:24; Isaiah 40:7; Job 14:10; Job 20:9; Job 27:20;...

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