Psalms 78:39

וַיִּזְכֹּר כִּי ־ בָשָׂר הֵמָּה רוּחַ הוֹלֵךְ וְלֹא יָשֽׁוּב ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

38וְהוּא רַחוּם ׀ יְכַפֵּר עָוֺן וְֽלֹא ־ יַשְׁחִית וְהִרְבָּה לְהָשִׁיב אַפּוֹ וְלֹֽא ־ יָעִיר כָּל ־ חֲמָתֽוֹ ׃

40כַּמָּה יַמְרוּהוּ בַמִּדְבָּר יַעֲצִיבוּהוּ בִּֽישִׁימֽוֹן ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 6:3וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה לֹֽא ־ יָדוֹן רוּחִי בָֽאָדָם לְעֹלָם בְּשַׁגַּם הוּא בָשָׂר וְהָיוּ יָמָיו מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָֽה ׃

Job 7:16מָאַסְתִּי לֹא ־ לְעֹלָם אֶֽחְיֶה חֲדַל מִמֶּנִּי כִּי ־ הֶבֶל יָמָֽי ׃

Psalms 103:14כִּי ־ הוּא יָדַע יִצְרֵנוּ זָכוּר כִּי ־ עָפָר אֲנָֽחְנוּ ׃

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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