“For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.”
Psalms 78:39 (KJV) |
Psalms 78:39
From Psalms 78, in the Book of Psalms (Old Testament).
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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.