Genesis 6:3; James 4:14; Job 7:16; Job 7:7; John 3:6; Psalms 103:14-16
For he remembered that they were but flesh - That they were human; that they were weak; that they were prone to err; that they were liable to fal...
LXXVIII. The Lesson of Israel's History. The northern tribes have been perverse from the first. Their wickedness has culminated in the schismatical...
He remembered. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. Compare "They forgat", Psalms 78:11 . flesh. Compare Genesis 6:3 ; Genesis 8:21 . Psalms 1...
39. And he remembered that they were flesh. Another reason is now brought forward why God had compassion on the people, which is, his unwill...
DISCOURSE: 635 THE EXTENT OF GOD’S MERCY Psalms 78:34-39 . When he slew them, then they sought him; and they returned and inquired early after G...
For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. He remembered that they were but flesh - Weak mortals....
Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. -The unbelief of the Israelite fathers is...
This long historical Ps. may be compared with Psalms 105, 106, and with Deuteronomy 32 . It traces the course of God's relations with His people fro...
“And what’s a life? A blast sustained with clothing: Maintained with food, retained with vile self-loathing; Then, weary of itself, away to nothing....
Psalms 78:1-72 THIS psalm is closely related to Psalms 105:1-45 ; Psalms 106:1-48 ; Psalms 107:1-43 . Like them, it treats the history of Israe...
“Signs in Egypt” Psalms 78:38-48 God takes into account the frailty and infirmity of our natures. The Spirit… helpeth our infirmities , Roman...
The supreme quantity of this psalm is that throughout all its measures, over against the repeated failure of His people God's persistent patience is...
What precious views are these of covenant love and covenant faithfulness: and how they all run up to the fountain-head of all our mercies, in the eve...
For he remembered that they [were but] flesh ,.... Or "children of flesh", as the Targum; poor, frail, weak, mortal creatures, unable to bear the we...
For he remembered that they [were but] flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. Ver. 39. For he remembered that they were but flesh...
For he remembered they were but flesh He considered the corruption of their nature, which inclined them to evil, and was pleased to make that a rea...
Wonders Wrought in Behalf of Israel; The Crimes of the Israelites; Judgments Brought on the Israelites....
Flesh; which here notes either, 1. The corruption of their natures, which was perpetually inclining them to sin, and consequently exposing them t...
INTRODUCTION Superscription,—“Maschil of Asaph ,” i.e. , an instruction of Asaph, a didactic song by Asaph. The Psalm was probably written by the...
This story of the children of Israel, after they came out of Egypt, is like a looking-glass in which we may, with great sadness, see ourselves reflec...
The story of how the children of Israel behaved themselves towards their gracious God. Psalms 78:10-16 . They kept not the covenant of God, and re...
Title. Maschil of Asaph. Rabbi Kimchi says, that this title, which signifies to give instruction, designates also the species of music or melody to...
For He remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. The frailty of human nature I. The frailty of human...
EXPOSITION This, the first of the "historical psalms," though assigned by the rationalistic school (De Wette, Ewald, Koster, Hitzig) to a period...
The Narrative of God's Deeds
For He remembered that they were but flesh, weak and sinful mortals; a wind that passeth away and cometh not again, altogether evanescent.
39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.