Psalms 103:14 Explained in Context

Read It With

• Psalms 103:6–14
• Psalms 103:1–22

Read Psalms 103:14 with 103:6–14 and 103:1–22. Read alone, “For he knoweth our frame” could lose the individual voice, the parallel line or movement it develops, and the psalm's outcome. The complete movement establishes: Within Psalms 103:6–14, the individual voice carries the movement “Compassion, justice, and remembered dust” as part of “Bless the LORD who forgives and remembers dust.” Its hymn form and poetic parallelism hold the petitions, images, memories, or praise together before any single line is applied.

Why This Verse Appears Here

Psalms 103:6–14 intensifies “The self summoned to remember benefits” within Psalm 103 by carrying “Compassion, justice, and remembered dust.” The turn from “Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s” to “The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed” explains why this movement occurs here. Within that relationship, Psalm 103:14 supplies a reason or consequence through “For he knoweth our frame” and must be read with the claim it supports.