35. And they remembered that God was their rock and the high God their redeemer.
36. Nevertheless they flattered him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
37. For their heart was not right with him, neither were they steadfast in his covenant.
38. But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them; many a time turned he his anger away and did not stir up all his wrath.
39. For he remembered that they were but flesh: a wind that passes away and does not come again.
40. How often did they provoke him in the wilderness and grieve him in the desert!