Psalms 78:39

He remembered their mortality—that they were like a puff of wind that would not return.

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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 being compassionate he pardoned their guilt and did not destroy all of them. He often held back his anger—he did not pour out all his fury.

40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, giving him grief in the desert!

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Cross References

Genesis 6:3Then the Lord said, “My life-giving Spirit will not remain in these people forever, because they are only mortal. The time they have left will be 120 years.”

Job 7:16I hate my life! I know I won't live long. Leave me alone because my life is just a breath.

Psalms 103:14For he knows how we are made; he remembers we are only dust.

James 4:14You have no idea what will happen tomorrow! What's your life like? It's just a mist that appears for a little while, and then is gone.

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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