Psalm 78:38-40

World English Bible

³⁸ But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn’t destroy them.
    Yes, many times he turned his anger away,
    and didn’t stir up all his wrath.
³⁹ He remembered that they were but flesh,
    a wind that passes away, and doesn’t come again.
⁴⁰ How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness,
    and grieved him in the desert!