Psalm 78:37-39

Easy-to-Read Version

³⁷ Their hearts were not really with him.
    They were not faithful to the agreement he gave them.
³⁸ But God was merciful.
    He forgave their sins and did not destroy them.
Many times he held back his anger.
    He never let it get out of control.
³⁹ He remembered that they were only people,
    like a wind that blows and then is gone.