Psalm 78:32-39

Good News Translation

³² In spite of all this the people kept sinning;
    in spite of his miracles they did not trust him.
³³ So he ended their days like a breath
    and their lives with sudden disaster.
³⁴ Whenever he killed some of them,
    the rest would turn to him;
    they would repent and pray earnestly to him.
³⁵ They remembered that God was their protector,
    that the Almighty came to their aid.
³⁶ But their words were all lies;
    nothing they said was sincere.
^37 (A)They were not loyal to him;
    they were not faithful to their covenant with him.

³⁸ But God was merciful to his people.
    He forgave their sin
    and did not destroy them.
Many times he held back his anger
    and restrained his fury.
³⁹ He remembered that they were only mortal beings,
    like a wind that blows by and is gone.