Psalms 78:39

And he remembered that they were flesh, a breath that passeth away and cometh not again.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

In Context

38But he was merciful: he forgave the iniquity, and destroyed [them] not; but many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his fury:

40How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

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Cross References

Genesis 6:3And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not always plead with Man; for he indeed is flesh; but his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.

Job 7:16I loathe it; I shall not live always: let me alone, for my days are a breath.

Psalms 103:14For himself knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

James 4:14ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, ([for] what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,)

Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:10-40

Wonders Wrought in Behalf of Israel; The Crimes of the Israelites; 9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. 10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; 11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had showed them. 12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. 13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as a heap. 14 In the daytime… Read the whole commentary →

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