Psalm 78:38-40

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

³⁸ But He, full of [merciful] compassion, forgave their iniquity and destroyed them not; yes, many a time He turned His anger away and did not stir up all His wrath and indignation.

³⁹ For He [earnestly] remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that goes and does not return.

⁴⁰ How often they defied and rebelled against Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!