Psalms 78:31-38

³¹When the wrath of God ascended against them, and he slew some of the fattest of them, and the young men of Israel did he strike down.

³²With all this they sinned again, and believed not in his wonders.

³³Therefore he caused their days to come to an end in nought, and their years in dread.

³⁴When he slew them, then did they seek him, and they returned and inquired earnestly after God.

³⁵And they remembered that God was their rock, and the most high God their redeemer.

³⁶Nevertheless they prayed insincerely to him with their mouth, and with their tongue they lied unto him.

³⁷For their heart was not firm with him, and they were not faithful in his covenant.

³⁸But he, being merciful, forgave the iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not awaken all his fury.