Psalm 78:38 - Revised Standard Version

Yet he, being compassionate, forgave their iniquity, and did not destroy them; he restrained his anger often, and did not stir up all his wrath.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But He, full of [merciful] compassion, forgave their iniquity and destroyed them not; yes, many a time He turned His anger away and did not stir up all His wrath and indignation.

American Standard Version (1901)

But he, being merciful, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: Yea, many a time turned he his anger away, And did not stir up all his wrath.

Common English Bible

But God, being compassionate, kept forgiving their sins, kept avoiding destruction; he took back his anger so many times, wouldn’t stir up all his wrath!

Psalm 78:38 Cross References

2 Samuel 24:16

And when the angel stretched forth his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented of the evil, and said to the angel who was working destruction among the people, “It is enough; now stay your hand.” And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

2 Kings 13:23

But the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion on them, and he turned toward them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them; nor has he cast them from his presence until now.

2 Kings 21:20

And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, as Manasseh his father had done.

Psalm 99:8

O Lord our God, thou didst answer them; thou wast a forgiving God to them, but an avenger of their wrongdoings.

Isaiah 48:9

“For my name's sake I defer my anger, for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, that I may not cut you off.

Ezekiel 20:17

Nevertheless my eye spared them, and I did not destroy them or make a full end of them in the wilderness.

Hosea 11:9

I will not execute my fierce anger, I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and not man, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come to destroy.

Amos 7:3

The Lord repented concerning this; “It shall not be,” said the Lord.

Amos 7:6

The Lord repented concerning this; “This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.