106:45 He remembered his covenant with them,
and relented 1 because of his great loyal love.
78:39 He remembered 2 that they were made of flesh,
and were like a wind that blows past and does not return. 3
1 tn The Niphal of נָחַם (nakham) refers here to God relenting from a punishment already underway.
2 tn The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive signals a return to the narrative.
3 tn Heb “and he remembered that they [were] flesh, a wind [that] goes and does not return.”