"As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth."
Commentary
Gill's Exposition
As for man, his days are as grass,.... He himself is like the grass which springs out of the earth; continues on it for a time, and then drops into
it; the continuance of the grass is very short, it flourishes in the morning, is cut down at evening, and withers; see Psa 90:5 . As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth; which denotes the goodliness of man, and describes him in his best estate, as possessed of health, riches, honour, and all the gifts and endowments of nature; and yet, with all these, is only like a field flower, exposed to every wind, liable to be cropped by every hand, and to be trampled upon by the beasts of the field; and therefore flourishes not long: so very precarious and uncertain is man in his most flourishing circumstances; see Isa 40:6 .
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Commentary
Gill's Exposition
As for man, his days are as grass,.... He himself is like the grass which springs out of the earth; continues on it for a time, and then drops into
it; the continuance of the grass is very short, it flourishes in the morning, is cut down at evening, and withers; see Psa 90:5 . As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth; which denotes the goodliness of man, and describes him in his best estate, as possessed of health, riches, honour, and all the gifts and endowments of nature; and yet, with all these, is only like a field flower, exposed to every wind, liable to be cropped by every hand, and to be trampled upon by the beasts of the field; and therefore flourishes not long: so very precarious and uncertain is man in his most flourishing circumstances; see Isa 40:6 .