1. dwelling-place—home (compare Eze 11:16), as a refuge (De 33:27).

     2. brought forth [and] formed—both express the idea of production by birth.

     3. to destruction—literally, "even to dust" (Ge 3:19), which is partly quoted in the last clause.

     4. Even were our days now a thousand years, as Adam's, our life would be but a moment in God's sight (2Pe 3:8).

     5, 6. Life is like grass, which, though changing under the influence of the night's dew, and flourishing in the morning, is soon cut down and withereth (Ps 103:15; 1Pe 1:24).

     7, 8. For—A reason, this is the infliction of God's wrath.