Psalm 78:39

New American Bible - revised edition

He remembered that they were flesh, a breath that passes on and does not return.

Cross References

Genesis 6:3

Then the Lord said: My spirit shall not remain in human beings forever, because they are only flesh. Their days shall comprise one hundred and twenty years.

Job 10:9

Oh, remember that you fashioned me from clay! Will you then bring me down to dust again?

Job 7:16

I waste away: I will not live forever; let me alone, for my days are but a breath.

Job 7:7

Remember that my life is like the wind; my eye will not see happiness again.

John 3:6

What is born of flesh is flesh and what is born of spirit is spirit.

James 4:14

you have no idea what your life will be like tomorrow. You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears.