Psalm 78

Whenever God slew them, they would seek him;
    they eagerly turned to him again.
³⁵ They remembered that God was their Rock, 
    that God Most High was their Redeemer. 
³⁶ But then they would flatter him with their mouths, 
    lying to him with their tongues;
³⁷ their hearts were not loyal to him,
    they were not faithful to his covenant.
³⁸ Yet he was merciful; 
    he forgave their iniquities 
    and did not destroy them.
Time after time he restrained his anger 
    and did not stir up his full wrath.
³⁹ He remembered that they were but flesh, 
    a passing breeze that does not return.

⁴⁰ How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness 
    and grieved him in the wasteland!
⁴¹ Again and again they put God to the test; 
    they vexed the Holy One of Israel. 
⁴² They did not remember his power—
    the day he redeemed them from the oppressor, 
⁴³ the day he displayed his signs in Egypt,
    his wonders in the region of Zoan.