Psalm 78:36-38

New International Reader's Version

³⁶ But they didn’t mean it when they praised him.
    They lied to him when they spoke.
³⁷ They turned away from him.
    They weren’t faithful to the covenant he had made with them.
³⁸ But he was full of tender love.
    He forgave their sins
    and didn’t destroy his people.
Time after time he held back his anger.
    He didn’t let all his burning anger blaze out.