37. Their hearts were not really loyal to God;they did not keep his agreement.
38. Still God was merciful.He forgave their sinsand did not destroy them.Many times he held back his angerand did not stir up all his anger.
39. He remembered that they were only human,like a wind that blows and does not come back.
40. They turned against God so often in the desertand grieved him there.
41. Again and again they tested Godand brought pain to the Holy One of Israel.
42. They did not remember his poweror the time he saved them from the enemy.
43. They forgot the signs he did in Egyptand his wonders in the fields of Zoan.
44. He turned their rivers to bloodso no one could drink the water.