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 never saw the promised land, for the which they came out of Egypt; but their carcasses fell in the wilderness. Who knoweth, saith a reverend man, whether God purpose not to wear out this present generation that hath been defiled with the superstition of the world, that we may not see the good that he will bring upon this Church?
And their years in trouble] Or, in terror, for they were in continual fear of God's wrath, of their enemies round about, of wild beasts, fiery serpents, &c.