Psalms 78:35-42

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.

³⁹And he remembered that they are but flesh, a spirit that passeth away, and returneth not again.

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

⁴¹Yea, they once more tempted God, and set limits to the Holy One of Israel.

⁴²They remembered not his hand, the day when he ransomed them from the adversary;