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Psalms 78:39

Mercy and compassionDeath and lossIdentity and self-worth

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.

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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BSB
He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.
KJV
For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
WEB
He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and doesn’t come again.
ASV
And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
DARBY
And he remembered that they were flesh, a breath that passeth away and cometh not again.
BLB
And He remembered that they [were] flesh, a breath going by that does not return.
ÅB
Og han kom i hu at de var kjød, et åndepust som farer avsted og ikke kommer tilbake.
OTB
Så Han husket at de var bare kjød,
En forbigående vind som ikke vender tilbake.
B1930
Og han kom i hu at de var kjød, et åndepust som farer avsted og ikke kommer tilbake.

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