30 (A)However, You remained patient with them for many years,
And (B)admonished them by (C)Your Spirit through Your prophets,
Yet they would not listen.
Therefore You handed them over to the peoples of the lands.
31 Nevertheless, in Your great compassion You (D)did not make an end of them or abandon them,
For You are (E)a gracious and compassionate God.

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30 For many years you were patient with them. By your Spirit you warned them through your prophets.(A) Yet they paid no attention, so you gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.(B) 31 But in your great mercy you did not put an end(C) to them or abandon them, for you are a gracious and merciful(D) God.

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38 But He, being (A)compassionate, [a](B)forgave their wrongdoing and did not destroy them;
And often He [b](C)restrained His anger
And did not stir up all His wrath.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 78:38 Lit covered over, atoned for
  2. Psalm 78:38 Lit turned away

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.

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The Lord is (A)compassionate and gracious,
(B)Slow to anger and abounding in mercy.
He (C)will not always contend with us,
Nor will He (D)keep His anger forever.
10 He has (E)not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor rewarded us according to our guilty deeds.

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The Lord is compassionate and gracious,(A)
    slow to anger, abounding in love.
He will not always accuse,
    nor will he harbor his anger forever;(B)
10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve(C)
    or repay us according to our iniquities.

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God Is Gracious and Just

18 Therefore the Lord [a](A)longs to be gracious to you,
And therefore He [b]waits on (B)high to have compassion on you.
For the Lord is a (C)God of justice;
How blessed are all those who [c](D)long for Him.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 30:18 Lit waits
  2. Isaiah 30:18 Lit is on high
  3. Isaiah 30:18 Lit wait

18 Yet the Lord longs(A) to be gracious to you;
    therefore he will rise up to show you compassion.(B)
For the Lord is a God of justice.(C)
    Blessed are all who wait for him!(D)

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This is what the Lord says:

“Just as the new wine is found in the cluster,
And one says, ‘Do not destroy it, for there is [a]benefit in it,’
So I will act in behalf of My servants
In order (A)not to destroy [b]all of them.

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  1. Isaiah 65:8 Lit blessing
  2. Isaiah 65:8 Lit the whole

This is what the Lord says:

“As when juice is still found in a cluster of grapes(A)
    and people say, ‘Don’t destroy it,
    there is still a blessing in it,’
so will I do in behalf of my servants;(B)
    I will not destroy them all.

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