Psalms 78:31-37

³¹When the anger of God went up against them; and he slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

³²For all this, they sinned still, and believed not in his marvellous works;

³³And he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.

³⁴When he slew them, then they sought him, and returned and sought early after God;

³⁵And they remembered that God was their rock, and God, the Most High, their redeemer.

³⁶But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied unto him with their tongue;

³⁷For their heart was not firm toward him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.