Psalms 78:39

He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

38And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.

40How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!

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Cross References

Genesis 6:3So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”

Job 7:16I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

Psalms 103:14For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.

James 4:14You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

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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