³⁸ Yet he was merciful;^(A)
    he forgave^(B) their iniquities^(C)
    and did not destroy them.
Time after time he restrained his anger^(D)
    and did not stir up his full wrath.

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