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Forכִּיheהוּאknowsיָדַעour frame;יִצְרֵנוּhe remembersזָכוּרthatכִּיdustעָפָרwe are.אֲנָחְנוּ
Psalms 103:14
Study it in the app“For he knows our frame; he remembers that dust we are.”
David compares God to a father who knows what we are made ofWho God IsGod knows our frame and remembers that we are dustDeath and Eternal Life
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 103:14, word by word
- knowsיָדַעyada
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yada” appears- our frameיִצְרֵyitsre
frame
The way God made us: frail, from dust.
Where else “yitsre” appears- he remembersזָכוּרzachur
remember favorably
God turns his mind to someone and helps them.
Where else “zachur” appears- dustעָפָרafar
dust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appears
The context
13As a father has compassion on his sons, YHWH has compassion on those who fear him.
14 · This verse (above)
15A mortal, like grass are his days; like a flower of the field, so he flourishes;