Psalms 73:19
How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
In Context
18You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.
Cross References
Numbers 17:12And the children of Israel said to Moses, Truly, destruction has come on us; an evil fate has overtaken us all.
1 Samuel 28:20Then Saul went down flat on the earth, and was full of fear because of Samuel's words: and there was no strength in him, for he had taken no food all that day or all that night.
Job 18:11He is overcome by fears on every side, they go after him at every step.
Job 20:23God gives him his desire, and sends the heat of his wrath on him, making it come down on him like rain.
Proverbs 28:1The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright are without fear, like the lion.
Isaiah 21:3For this cause I am full of bitter grief; pains like the pains of a woman in childbirth have come on me: I am bent down with sorrow at what comes to my ears; I am shocked by what I see.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 73:16-21
The End of the Wicked. 15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children. 16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; 17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. 19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. 20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt… Read the whole commentary →