Discovery BoxPsalms 103:13-15 
Context103:13 As a father has compassion on his children, 1
so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers. 2
103:14 For he knows what we are made of; 3
he realizes 4 we are made of clay. 5
103:15 A person’s life is like grass. 6
Like a flower in the field it flourishes,
1 tn Or “sons,” but the Hebrew term sometimes refers to children in general.
2 tn Heb “those who fear him.”
3 tn Heb “our form.”
4 tn Heb “remembers.”
5 tn Heb “we [are] clay.”
6 tn Heb “[as for] mankind, like grass [are] his days.” The Hebrew noun אֱנוֹשׁ (’enosh) is used here generically of human beings. What is said is true of all mankind.
