38 Yet he being merciful, [a]forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not, but oft times called back his anger, and did not stir up all his wrath.

39 For he remembered that they were flesh: yea, a wind that passeth and cometh not again.

40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness? and grieve him in the desert?

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 78:38 Because he would ever have some remnant of a Church to praise his Name in earth, he suffered not their sins to overcome his mercy.

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,(E)
    a passing breeze(F) that does not return.

40 How often they rebelled(G) against him in the wilderness(H)
    and grieved him(I) in the wasteland!

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