Psalm 103:13-18
Though humanity is fragile and fleeting, the Lord’s fatherly compassion and steadfast love endure forever toward those who fear Him and walk in covenant faithfulness.
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.
17 But Yahweh’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.
Though humanity is fragile and fleeting, the LORD’s fatherly compassion and steadfast love endure forever toward those who fear Him and walk in covenant faithfulness.
To deepen covenantal praise by contrasting God’s fatherly compassion with human frailty and highlighting His enduring steadfast love toward those who fear Him.