Chasidut for Psalms 78:38
וְה֤וּא רַח֨וּם ׀ יְכַפֵּ֥ר עָוֺן֮ וְֽלֹא־יַ֫שְׁחִ֥ית וְ֭הִרְבָּה לְהָשִׁ֣יב אַפּ֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־יָ֝עִיר כָּל־חֲמָתֽוֹ׃
But He, being full of compassion, forgiveth iniquity, and destroyeth not; Yea, many a time doth He turn His anger away, And doth not stir up all His wrath.
Flames of Faith
There is a Rabbinic custom that when meting out the punishment of lashes the following verse is recited three times: Ve-hu rachum yichapper avon ve-lo yashchis ve-hirbah le-hashiv appo ve-lo yair kol chamaso, “And He the Compassionate One will atone for sin and not destroy, He will repeatedly overcome His rage and He will not reveal the full measure of his fury” (Ps. 78:38).
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