Psalm 78:33
Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
Cross-reference
Psalm 90:7-9 echoes the same theme: life consumed by God's anger, ending in futility and terror — mirroring the judgment on Israel.
Psalm 90:9 directly parallels this: years ending under God's wrath like a sigh, reinforcing the theme of life's futility.
Numbers 14:29 specifies the wilderness judgment: all who grumbled would die there — the very event summarized in Psalm 78:33.
Numbers 14:35 confirms God's decree that the wicked community would meet their end in the wilderness — the same divine sentence.
Numbers 26:64 records that none of the old generation were left — fulfilling the judgment described in Psalm 78:33.
Numbers 26:65 explicitly states the Lord's word that they would die in the wilderness, with only Caleb and Joshua spared.
Deuteronomy 2:14-16 adds the 38-year timeline and God's hand eliminating the entire generation — parallel historical account.
Numbers 32:13 recounts the same event: God made Israel wander 40 years until the evil generation died, fulfilling the futility and terror.
Deuteronomy 2:15 describes the LORD's hand destroying the wilderness generation, the same judgment that ended their days in terror.