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Psalms 78:39

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For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

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  1. Psalms 78:37

    For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

  2. Psalms 78:38

    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.

  3. Psalms 78:40

    How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

  4. Psalms 78:41

    Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.