Psalm 103:14
“For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 103Meaning
Within “Measureless love and fatherly compassion,” verse 14 grounds divine compassion in God's knowledge of human frailty: he remembers that people are dust; this detail advances the unit's argument and should not be detached from the whole psalm.
Read carefully
Read Psalm 103:14 inside its literary unit and the movement of Psalm 103; its imagery and claims are constrained by that context.
Reflection
Respond to the verse's specific emphasis — grounds divine compassion in God's knowledge of human frailty: he remembers that people are dust — while reading it together with the surrounding lines of Psalm 103.