Psalms 106:24 - Exposition

Yea, they despised the pleasant land. The psalmist passes to the consideration of another sin. After the ill report of the spies ( Numbers 13:27-33 ), the Israelites "despised" the land promised to them ( Numbers 14:31 ), and relinquished all desire for it. They were ready to have turned back into Egypt ( Numbers 14:3 ). They believed not his word; i.e. his promise to give them the land ( Genesis 15:18-21 ; Exodus 23:31 , etc.).