“Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.”
The result is judgment in the wilderness: "So he made their days vanish like a breath, and their years in terror." The cutting short of lifespans in the wilderness (the Deuteronomic judgment that the generation that left Egypt would not enter the land) becomes evidence of God's justice; those who refuse to believe and obey are not permitted to reach the promised land.
Church Fathers on Psalms 78:33
1. This Psalm does contain the things which are said to have been done among the old people: but the new and latter people is being admonished, to beware that it be not ungrateful regarding the blessings of God, and provoke His anger against it, whereas it ought to receive His grace....The Title thereof does first move and engage our attention. For it is not without reason inscribed, “Understanding of Asaph:” but it is perchance because these words require a reader who does…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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