King James Version (KJV)
Psalms 78:39
“For he remembered that they [were but] flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.”
Verse in context — Psalms 78
37
For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
38
But he, [being] full of compassion, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
39
For he remembered that they [were but] flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
40
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, [and] grieve him in the desert!
41
Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
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