³⁰ Yet for many years You had patience with them,
And ^[a]testified ^(A)against them by Your Spirit ^(B)in Your prophets.
Yet they would not listen;
^(C)Therefore You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

³¹ Nevertheless in Your great mercy
^(A)You did not utterly consume them nor forsake them;
For You are God, gracious and merciful.

^38 (A)But He, being full of ^(B)compassion, forgave their iniquity,
And did not destroy them.
Yes, many a time ^(C)He turned His anger away,
And ^(D)did not stir up all His wrath;

¹⁸ Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be ^(A)gracious to you;
And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
^(B)Blessed are all those who ^(C)wait for Him.