Psalms 78:32-40

32In spite of all this they still sinned, For they did not believe in His wonderful and extraordinary works.

33Therefore He consumed their days like a breath [in emptiness and futility] And their years in sudden terror.

34When He killed [some of] them, then those remaining sought Him, And they returned [to Him] and searched diligently for God [for a time].

35And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their Redeemer.

36Nevertheless they flattered Him with their mouths And lied to Him with their tongues.

37For their heart was not steadfast toward Him, Nor were they faithful to His covenant.

38But He, the source of compassion and lovingkindness, forgave their wickedness and did not destroy them; Many times He restrained His anger And did not stir up all His wrath.

39For He [graciously] remembered that they were mere [human] flesh, A wind that goes and does not return.

40How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness And grieved Him in the desert!