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Psalms 78:39 Cross-References
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“For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.”
Psalms 78:39 (KJV)
Commentary on Psalms 78:39
For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. While Israel forgot God (v. 42), God remembered Israel's frailty. Bāśār (בָּשָׂר, "flesh") denotes human weakness, mortality, and limitation—not sinfulness per se but creatureliness. God's mercy flows from recognizing His creatures' fragility, like a father pitying his children (Psalm 103:13-14).The image of rûaḥ hôlēḵ wĕlōʾ yāšûḇ (רוּחַ הוֹלֵךְ וְלֹא יָשׁוּב, "wind passing and not returning") captures human transience—breath here and gone. This isn't fatalism but realism about human limitations apart f...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Psalms 78:39
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“My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one hundred twenty years.”
“O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.”
“that appears for a little time”
“for my days are but a breath.”
“For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.”
“I beg you”
“That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”