Psalms 78:39
He remembered/considered that they were only humans who die; they disappear quickly [SIM], like a wind that blows by and then is gone.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
In Context
40Many times our ancestors rebelled against God in the desert and caused him to become very sad.
Cross References
Genesis 6:3Then Yahweh said, “ I will not allow my Spirit to keep people alive forever (OR, the breath of life will not remain in people forever). They will die eventually. They will live not more than 120 years before they die (OR, there will be only 120 more years before they die).”
Job 7:16I detest continuing to be alive; I do not want to live for many years [HYP]. Allow me to be alone, because I will be alive for only a very short remaining time [HYP].
Psalms 103:14He knows what our bodies are like; he remembers that he created us from dirt, and so we quickly fail to do what pleases him [MET].
James 4:14You should not talk like that, because you do not know what will happen tomorrow, and you do not know how long you will live! Your life is short [MET], like a mist that appears for a short time and then disappears.
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 →