37. For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.
38. But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
39. And he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
40. How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!