Psalm 78:32-39

In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; 
    in spite of his wonders, they did not believe. 
³³ So he ended their days in futility 
    and their years in terror.
³⁴ 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.