Psalms [Praises] 78:30-40

³⁰They didn’t turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,

³¹when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of their fattest, and struck down the young men of Israel God prevails.

³²For all this they still sinned, and didn’t believe in his wondrous works.

³³Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.

³⁴When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They made teshuvah ·complete return· and sought God earnestly.

³⁵They remembered that God was their rock, haElyon the Most High God, their redeemer.

³⁶But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.

³⁷For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.

³⁸But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn’t destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, and didn’t stir up all his wrath.

³⁹He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and does not come again.

⁴⁰How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!