39 For he remembered that they were flesh: yea, a wind that passeth and cometh not again.

40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness? and grieve him in the desert?

41 Yea, they [a]returned and tempted God, and [b]limited the Holy one of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 78:41 That is, they tempted him oft times.
  2. Psalm 78:41 As they all do that measure the power of God by their capacity.

39 He remembered that they were but flesh,(A)
    a passing breeze(B) that does not return.

40 How often they rebelled(C) against him in the wilderness(D)
    and grieved him(E) in the wasteland!
41 Again and again they put God to the test;(F)
    they vexed the Holy One of Israel.(G)

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