Psalms 73:19
How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
In Context
18Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.
20As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image.
Cross References
Numbers 17:12And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Lo, we expire, we perish, we all perish.
1 Samuel 28:20And Saul fell straightway his full length on the earth, and was sore afraid because of the words of Samuel; and there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no bread all the day nor all the night.
Job 18:11Terrors make him afraid on every side, and chase him at his footsteps.
Job 20:23It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will cast his fierce anger upon him, and will rain it upon him into his flesh.
Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Isaiah 21:3Therefore are my loins filled with pain; anguish hath taken hold upon me, as the anguish of a woman in travail: I am bowed down so as not to hear, I am dismayed so as not to 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 →