Psalms 78:38

But he was merciful: he forgave the iniquity, and destroyed [them] not; but many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his fury:

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

In Context

37For their heart was not firm toward him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

39And he remembered that they were flesh, a breath that passeth away and cometh not again.

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Cross References

Numbers 14:18Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in goodness, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and fourth [generation].

2 Samuel 24:16And the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it; but Jehovah repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed among the people, It is enough: withdraw now thine hand. And the angel of Jehovah was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

2 Kings 21:20And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, as Manasseh his father had done;

Psalms 106:43Often did he deliver them; but as for them they provoked [him] by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquity.

Isaiah 48:9For my name's sake I will defer mine anger, and [for] my praise will I refrain as to thee, that I cut thee not off.

Ezekiel 20:13But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they rejected mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them; and my sabbaths they greatly profaned: and I said I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:10-40

Wonders Wrought in Behalf of Israel; The Crimes of the Israelites; 9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. 10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; 11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had showed them. 12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. 13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as a heap. 14 In the daytime… Read the whole commentary →

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