Psalms 78:39
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.”
רוּחַ
Spirit, wind, breath. Ruach. The breath of God that gives life. The Holy Spirit. The same word used when the Spirit hovered over the waters of creation.
בָּשָׂר
were flesh
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בָּשָׂר
Flesh, body, skin. Basar. The physical human body. God became flesh in Jesus. He took on our basar to redeem it from the inside.
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שׁוּב
it returns
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שׁוּב
To return, to turn back. Shuwb. The Hebrew word behind both repentance and restoration. Return to Me and I will return to you.
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הָלַךְ
which goes
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הָלַךְ
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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