²³ However, Jehovah showed them favor+ and had mercy+ upon them and turned to them for the sake of his covenant+ with Abraham,+ Isaac+ and Jacob;+ and he did not want to bring them to ruin,+ and he did not cast them away from before his face until now.

 ⁵ As for me, in your loving-kindness* I have trusted;+

Let my heart be joyful in your salvation.+

³⁸ But he was merciful;+ he would cover the error+ and not bring ruin.+

And many times he made his anger turn back,+

And he would not rouse up all his rage.

 ⁹ He will not for all time keep finding fault,+

Neither will he to time indefinite keep resentful.+

¹¹ For as the heavens are higher than the earth,+

His loving-kindness is superior toward those fearing him.+

⁴⁵ And he would remember concerning them his covenant,+

And he would feel regret according to the abundance of his grand loving-kindness.+

²⁰ “Is E′phra·im a precious son to me, or a fondly treated child?+ For to the extent of my speaking against him I shall without fail remember him further.+ That is why my intestines have become boisterous for him.+ By all means I shall have pity upon him,”+ is the utterance of Jehovah.