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Psalms 78:39
Psalms 78:39 is verse 39 of Psalms chapter 78, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.
King James Version
For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
World English Bible
He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and doesn’t come again.
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Psalms 78:37–41 · Berean Standard Bible
37 Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.
38 And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.
39 He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.
40 How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!
41 Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 103:14For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.
Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;
Psalms 103:16when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.
Genesis 6:3So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”
John 3:6Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
Job 7:7Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
Job 7:16I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
James 4:14You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.