Afflictions and Adversities: Tempered with Mercy

And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.

He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.

Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity. …

Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him. …

Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.

But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. …

This is what the LORD says: “Though they are allied and numerous, yet they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, O Judah, I will afflict you no longer.