Psalms 78:30-42

³⁰They were not estranged from their craving, their food was yet in their mouths,

³¹When the anger of God went up against them, and slew of the lustieth among them, and smote down the young men of Israel.

³²For all this they sinned still, and believed not in His wondrous works.

³³Therefore He ended their days as a breath, and their years in terror.

³⁴When He slew them, then they would inquire after Him, and turn back and seek God earnestly.

³⁵And they remembered that God was their Rock, and the Most High God their redeemer.

³⁶But they beguiled Him with their mouth, and lied unto Him with their tongue.

³⁷For their heart was not stedfast with Him, neither were they faithful in His covenant.

³⁸But He, being full of compassion, forgiveth iniquity, and destroyeth not; yea, many a time doth He turn His anger away, and doth not stir up all His wrath.

³⁹So He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

⁴⁰How oft did they rebel against Him in the wilderness, and grieve Him in the desert!

⁴¹And still again they tried God, and set bounds to the Holy One of Israel.

⁴²They remembered not His hand, nor the day when He redeemed them from the adversary.