[38] But God was merciful. He forgave their sins and did not destroy them.
Many times he held back his anger. He never let it get out of control.
[39] He remembered that they were only people, like a wind that blows and then is gone.
https://bible.com/bible/406/psa.78.38-39.ERV
[34] When he killed some of them, the others would turn back to him. They would come running back to God.
[35] They would remember that God was their Rock. They would remember that God Most High had saved them.
[36] But they tried to fool him with their words; they told him lies.
[37] Their hearts were not really with him. They were not faithful to the agreement he gave them.
https://bible.com/bible/406/psa.78.34-37.ERV
[18] Then they decided to test God by telling him to give them the food they wanted.
[19] They complained about him and said, “Can God give us food in the desert?
[20] Yes, he struck the rock and a flood of water came out. But can he give us bread and meat?”
[21] The Lord heard what they said and became angry with Jacob’s people. He was angry with Israel,
[22] because they did not trust in him. They did not believe that God could save them.
https://bible.com/bible/406/psa.78.18-22.ERV
[5] He made an agreement with Jacob. He gave the law to Israel.
He gave the commands to our ancestors. He told them to teach the law to their children.
[6] Then the next generation, even the children not yet born, would learn the law.
And they would be able to teach it to their own children.
[7] So they would all trust in God, never forgetting what he had done and always obeying his commands.
https://bible.com/bible/406/psa.78.5-7.ERV
[19] You walked through the water and crossed the deep sea, but you left no footprints.
[20] You led your people like sheep, using Moses and Aaron to guide them.
https://bible.com/bible/406/psa.77.19-20.ERV
[11] Lord, I remember what you have done. I remember the amazing things you did long ago.
[12] I think about those things. I think about them all the time.
https://bible.com/bible/406/psa.77.11-12.ERV
[7] I wondered, “Has our Lord rejected us forever? Will he ever accept us again?
[8] Is his love gone forever? Will he never again speak to us?
[9] Has God forgotten what mercy is? Has his compassion changed to anger?” Selah
[10] Then I said to myself, “What bothers me most is the thought that God Most High has lost his power.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/psa.77.7-10.ERV
