Psalms 78:33

in vanity. in. breath. i.e. the whole generation of men quickly died out. Compare Numbers 14:29; Numbers 14:35; Numbers 26:64; Numbers 26:65.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Therefore their days did he consume in vanity - He suffered them to spend their days - the days of that entire generation - in vain and fruitless...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXVIII. The Lesson of Israel's History. The northern tribes have been perverse from the first. Their wickedness has culminated in the schismatical...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

33. And he consumed their days in vanity. As the Psalmist here speaks of the whole people, as if he had said, that all without exception wer...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 634 THE FRUIT OF IMPENITENCE AND UNBELIEF Psalms 78:32-33 . For all this, they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works....
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble. Their days did he consume in vanity - By causing them to wander forty year...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. -The unbelief of the Israelite fathers is...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This long historical Ps. may be compared with Psalms 105, 106, and with Deuteronomy 32 . It traces the course of God's relations with His people fro...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(32-33) For the allusion see Numbers 14:11-12 ; Numbers 14:28-35 .
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 78:1-72 THIS psalm is closely related to Psalms 105:1-45 ; Psalms 106:1-48 ; Psalms 107:1-43 . Like them, it treats the history of Israe...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Blessed Yet Ungrateful Psalms 78:25-37 God our Father is prepared to do “exceeding abundantly” for His children; but too often we become so eng...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The supreme quantity of this psalm is that throughout all its measures, over against the repeated failure of His people God's persistent patience is...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What gracious instructions are read to us in these verses! See, my soul, how unsuitable and self-destroying would prove thy desires in numberless ins...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 sp...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble. Ver. 33. Therefore their days did he consume in vanity ] So that they n...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Their days did he consume in vanity In tedious and fruitless marches hither and thither, sometimes forward and sometimes backward, which they knew...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Wonders Wrought in Behalf of Israel; The Crimes of the Israelites; Judgments Brought on the Israelites....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In vanity; in tedious and fruitless marches hither and thither, sometimes forward, and sometimes backward, which they knew would never bring them i...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription,—“Maschil of Asaph ,” i.e. , an instruction of Asaph, a didactic song by Asaph. The Psalm was probably written by the...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This story of the children of Israel, after they came out of Egypt, is like a looking-glass in which we may, with great sadness, see ourselves reflec...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

The story of how the children of Israel behaved themselves towards their gracious God. Psalms 78:10-16 . They kept not the covenant of God, and re...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Title. Maschil of Asaph. Rabbi Kimchi says, that this title, which signifies to give instruction, designates also the species of music or melody to...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This, the first of the "historical psalms," though assigned by the rationalistic school (De Wette, Ewald, Koster, Hitzig) to a period...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Narrative of God's Deeds
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Therefore their days did He consume in vanity, literally, "He caused their days to vanish in a breath," and their years in trouble, with abrupt spe...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 2:14-16 ; Ecclesiastes 1:13 ; Ecclesiastes 1:14 ; Ecclesiastes 1:2 ; Ecclesiastes 12:13 ; Ecclesiastes 12:14 ; Ecclesiastes 12:8 ;...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Vanity — In tedious and fruitless marches hither and thither. Trouble — In manifold diseases, dangers, and perplexities.

³³ Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 78:33

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 78:33