King James Version (KJV)
Psalms 78:38
“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.”
Verse in context — Psalms 78
36
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
37
For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast 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
For he remembered that they [were but] flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
40
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, [and] grieve him in the desert!
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