Psalms 78:39
And He remembereth that they [are] flesh, A wind going on — and it returneth not.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
In Context
40How often do they provoke Him in the wilderness, Grieve Him in the desolate place?
Cross References
Genesis 6:3And Jehovah saith, 'My Spirit doth not strive in man — to the age; in their erring they [are] flesh:' and his days have been an hundred and twenty years.
Job 7:16I have wasted away — not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days [are] vanity.
Psalms 103:14For He hath known our frame, Remembering that we [are] dust.
James 4:14who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, 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 →