37 For their [a]heart was not upright with him: neither were they faithful in his covenant.

38 Yet he being merciful, [b]forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not, but oft times called back his anger, and did not stir up all his wrath.

39 For he remembered that they were flesh: yea, a wind that passeth and cometh not again.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 78:37 Whatsoever cometh not from the pure fountain of the heart, is hypocrisy.
  2. Psalm 78:38 Because he would ever have some remnant of a Church to praise his Name in earth, he suffered not their sins to overcome his mercy.

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