Psalms 78:39

He remembered that they were but flesh,—A breath, that passeth and cometh not back.

Noyes 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

38Yet, being full of compassion, he forgave their iniquity, And would not utterly destroy them; Often he restrained his indignation, And stirred not up all his anger.

40How often did they provoke him in the wilderness! How often did they anger him in the desert!

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Cross References

Job 7:16I am wasting away; I shall not live alway: Let me alone, for my days are a vapor!

Psalms 103:14For he knoweth our frame, He remembereth that we are dust.

James 4:14(whereas ye know not what will be on the morrow; for what is your life? Ye are even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away;)

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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