John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:33
Therefore their days did he consume in vanity ,.... They were not immediately cut off by the hand of God, though some were; but the greatest part spent their time, for about eight and thirty years together, in fruitless marches to and fro in the wilderness, and never entered into the land of Canaan, where they were gradually wasted and consumed, till at length all their carcasses fell in the wilderness; see Numbers 14:32 , time spent in sin is all waste time, and is spent in vanity; let a... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 78:32
For all this they sinned still ,.... Those that survived, not being brought to repentance by mercies, nor by judgments; not by mercies, such as before mentioned, though they were great and many, and some of them continued, and of which they were very unworthy; the goodness of God should, but it does not always, lead persons to repentance; mercies, unless they are sanctified, often prove snares and temptations to sin yet more and more; nothing short of the grace of God will bring persons to... read more