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Psalm 78:39

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39He remembered that they were only human.

He remembered they were only a breath of air

that drifts by and doesn’t return.

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Psalm 78:39: He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes and comes not again.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

He remembered that they were but flesh,

a wind that passes and comes not again.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He remembered that they were but flesh,

a passing breeze that does not return.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He remembered that they were only flesh,

a wind that passes and does not return.

NLTNew Living Translation

For he remembered that they were merely mortal,

gone like a breath of wind that never returns.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

for he remembered that they were flesh,

a passing wind that does not return.

KJV 1900King James Version

For he remembered that they were but flesh;

A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.