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Psalm 78:38 KJV
Psalms · chapter 78 · verse 38
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.Psalm 78:38 · King James Version
Psalm 78:38 in context
36Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
37For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
38But 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.
39For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
40How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- compassionrachûwmcompassionateH7349 →
- destroyedshâchathto decayH7843 →
- iniquityʻâvônperversityH5771 →
- forgavekâpharto coverH3722 →
- turnedshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- angerʼaphproperly, the nose or nostrilH639 →
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In these verses, I. The psalmist observes the late rebukes of Providence that the people of Israel had been under, which they had brought upon themselves by their dealing treacherously with God, Psa 78:9-11.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-39