# Psalms 103.14 **Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 12. As far as the east is from the west, So far hath he removed our transgressions from us. 13. Like as a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him. > > **14. For he knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.** > > 15. As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 16. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; And the place thereof shall know it no more. (Psalms 103:12-16, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 12. As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. 13. Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him. > > **14. For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust.** > > 15. As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes. 16. For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more. (Psalms 103:12-16, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 12. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. 13. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. > > **14. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.** > > 15. As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 16. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. it is: Heb. it is not (Psalms 103:12-16, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 12. As the distance of east from west He hath put far from us our transgressions. 13. As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing Him. > > **14. For He hath known our frame, Remembering that we [are] dust.** > > 15. Mortal man! as grass [are] his days, As a flower of the field so he flourisheth; 16. For a wind hath passed over it, and it is not, And its place doth not discern it any more. (Psalms 103:12-16, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Cosmic Insignificance Objection Defeater](/codex/cosmic-insignificance-objection-defeater/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.