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38 [a]But God being compassionate forgave their sin;
    he did not utterly destroy them.
Time and again he turned back his anger,
    unwilling to unleash all his rage.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 78:38 God is always ready to forgive and begin anew, as in choosing Zion and David (Ps 78:65–72).

14 So the Lord changed his mind about the punishment he had threatened to inflict on his people.

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For the sake of my name I restrain my anger,
    for the sake of my renown I hold it back from you,
    lest I destroy you.

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