³⁸ Yet he was compassionate;
he atoned for their iniquity
and did not destroy them.
He often turned his anger aside
and did not unleash^[a] all his wrath.^(A)

² You forgave your people’s guilt;
you covered all their sin.^(A) Selah

²² I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud,^(A)
and your sins like a mist.
Return to me,^(B)
for I have redeemed you.^(C)