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Psalms 103:16 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more. "
Psalms 103:16
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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.
17 But the LORD’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children,
18 to those who keep his covenant, to those who remember to obey his precepts.
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Psalms 103:1
"Praise the LORD, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!"
Psalms 103:2
"Praise the LORD, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits,"
Psalms 103:3
"who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases,"
Psalms 103:4
"who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies,"
Psalms 103:5
"who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s."
Psalms 103:6
"The LORD executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed."
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