...throughout to the language of the text are the Psalmist's words : " 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 thereof shall know it no more" (Ps. ciii. 15, 16). In like manner spake Job...

...same response, and he too has repeated and recorded them. '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 thereof shall know it no more.' • • • Oh bond unbroken between Nature's...

...fading lily, without the sad, yet salutary remembrance, that, " 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 thereof shall know it no more," Psa. ciii. 15, 16. Yet though our bodies...

...him of the short duration and sure decay of all earthly things. " As for man," said he to himself, " his days are as the grass : as a flower of the field,...he flourisheth ; for the wind passeth over it, and it is gone, and the place thereof shall know it no more. As the waters of this river run for a little,...

...him of the short duration and sure decay of all earthly things. " As for man," said he to himself, " his days are as the grass : as a flower of the field,...he flourisheth ; for the wind passeth over it, and it is gone, and the place thereof shall know it no more. As the waters of this river run for a little,...

...over the small cluster of believers on the shore. "As for man, his days are like grass: as a ffower of the field so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it and it is gone. But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting. Bless ye the Lord." Then...

...For he knowcth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. 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 thereof knoweth it no more. The opening four verses of Psalm 1 14, the Exodus...

...compassion upon them that fear Him; for He knoweth whereof we are made, He hath remembered that we are dust. As for man, his days are as the grass; as a flower of the field, so shall he blossom forth. For when the wind is passed over it, then it shall be gone, and no longer...

...exclamations, the psalmist's spiritual reminder to all mankind—"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"—is recast as a more specific comment on the perishability of women's social value: "For...

...faultless but we ought to be blameless down here in this world. "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 thereof shall know it no more. But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting...