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.
³⁹ He remembered that they were but flesh,^(E)
    a passing breeze^(F) that does not return.

⁵² But he brought his people out like a flock;^(A)
    he led them like sheep through the wilderness.
⁵³ He guided them safely, so they were unafraid;
    but the sea engulfed^(B) their enemies.^(C)
54 And so he brought them to the border of his holy land,
    to the hill country his right hand^(D) had taken.