38. But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not. Though they were full of
flattery, he was full of mercy, and had pity on them. Not because of their hypocritical
pretensions to penitence, but because of his own real compassion for them he
overlooked their provocations. Yea, many a time turned he his anger away.
When he had grown angry with them he withdrew his displeasure. He was slow,
very slow, to anger. Though not mentioned in the text, we know from the history
that a mediator interposed—the man Moses stood in the gap; even so at this hour
the Lord Jesus pleads for sinners, and averts the divine wrath. And did not stir up all his wrath. Had he done so they must have perished in a moment.
When his wrath is kindled but a little, people are burned up as chaff. Who
knows the power of thine anger, O Lord? We see the fullness of God’s
compassion, but we never see all his wrath.
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