Psalms 78:37-39

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.