Psalms 78:32-39

³²In spite of all that, the people continued to sin; in spite of all the miracles that God had performed, they still did not trust that he would take care of them.

³³So, he caused their lives to end as quickly as a puff of wind ends; they died when disasters suddenly struck them.

³⁴When God caused some of them to die, the others turned to God; they repented and earnestly asked God to save them.

³⁵They remembered that God is like a huge rock ledge under which they would be safe MET, and that he, who was greater than any other god, is the one who protected/rescued them.

³⁶But they tried to deceive God by what they said MTY; their words MTY were all lies.

³⁷They were not loyal to him; they disregarded/ignored the agreement that he had made with them.

³⁸But God was merciful to his people. He forgave them for having sinned and did not get rid of them. Many times he refrained from becoming angry with them and restrained from furiously/severely punishing them MTY.

³⁹He remembered/considered that they were only humans who die; they disappear quickly SIM, like a wind that blows by and then is gone.