Nehemiah 9:17, 31

They refused to obey and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.

Nevertheless, in your great mercies you did not make an end of them or forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.