Psalms 78:39

And He remembers that they [are] flesh, || A wind going on—and it does not return.

Literal Standard Version

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 He, the Merciful One, pardons iniquity, and does not destroy, || And has often turned back His anger, || And does not awaken all His fury.

40How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, || Grieve Him in the desolate place?

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Cross References

Genesis 6:3And YHWH says, “My Spirit does not strive in man for all time, for indeed, he [is] flesh, but his days have been one hundred and twenty years.”

Job 7:16I have wasted away—I do not live for all time. Cease from me, for my days [are] vanity.

Psalms 103:14For He has known our frame, || Remembering that we [are] dust.

James 4:14who does not know the thing of tomorrow; for what is your life? For it is a vapor that is appearing for a little [while], and then is vanishing;

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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