Psalms 103:16 (DBY)

Passage

For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone, and the place thereof knoweth it no more.

Nearby Context

Psalms 103:14 For himself 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:

Psalms 103:16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone, and the place thereof knoweth it no more.

Psalms 103:17 But the loving-kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting and to everlasting, upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children,

Psalms 103:18 To such as keep his covenant and to those that remember his precepts to do them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "wind", "passeth", "over", "gone", "place", "thereof", and "knoweth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "wind" and "passeth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "As for man his days are as..." into verse 17's "But the loving-kindness of Jehovah is from...", so "wind" and "passeth" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "wind" and "passeth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.