31. and then the wrath of God came upon them. And he slew the fat ones among them, and he impeded the elect of Israel.
32. In all these things, they continued to sin, and they were not trustworthy with his miracles.
33. And their days faded away into vanity, and their years with haste.
34. When he slew them, then they sought him. And they returned, and they drew near to him in the early morning.
35. And they were mindful that God is their helper and that the Most High God is their redeemer.
36. And they chose him with their mouth, and then they lied to him with their tongue.
37. For their heart was not upright with him, nor have they been living faithfully in his covenant.
38. Yet he is merciful, and he will pardon their sins. And he will not destroy them. And he has abundantly turned aside his own wrath. And he did not enflame his wrath entirely.
39. And he remembered that they are flesh: with a spirit that goes forth and does not return.
40. How often did they provoke him in the desert and stir him to wrath in a waterless place?
41. And they turned back and tempted God, and they exasperated the Holy One of Israel.
42. They did not remember his hand, in the day that he redeemed them from the hand of the one troubling them.