37. their hearts were not loyal to him, they were not faithful to his covenant.
38. Yet he was merciful; he forgave their iniquities and did not destroy them. Time after time he restrained his anger and did not stir up his full wrath.
39. He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.
40. How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the wasteland!
41. Again and again they put God to the test; they vexed the Holy One of Israel.
42. They did not remember his power— the day he redeemed them from the oppressor,