Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, And said, It is a people that do err in their heart, And they have not known my ways:

For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.”

Forty years I am weary of the generation, And I say, `A people erring in heart--they! And they have not known My ways:'

Forty years was I grieved with the generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways;