³⁸ But He, being ^(A)compassionate, ^[a](B)forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them;
And often He ^[b](C)restrained His anger
And did not arouse all His wrath.

²³ Therefore ^(A)He said that He would destroy them,
Had not ^(B)Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him,
To turn away His wrath from destroying them.