Psalms 73:19
How are they brought to desolation? they have suddenly ceased to be: they have perished by reason of their iniquity.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
In Context
18But indeed for deceits thou hast put it to them: when they were lifted up thou hast cast them down.
20As the dream of them that awake, O Lord; so in thy city thou shalt bring their image to nothing.
Cross References
Numbers 17:12And the children of Israel said to Moses: Behold we are consumed, we all perish.
1 Samuel 28:20And forthwith Saul fell all along on the ground, for he was frightened with the words of Samuel, and there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no bread all that day.
Job 18:11Fears shall terrify him on every side, and shall entangle his feet.
Job 20:23May his belly be filled, that God may send forth the wrath of his indignation upon him, and rain down his war upon him.
Proverbs 28:1The wicked man fleeth, when no man pursueth: but the just, bold as a lion, shall be without dread.
Isaiah 21:3Therefore are my loins filled with pain, anguish hath taken hold of me, as the anguish of a woman in labour: I fell down at the hearing of it, I was troubled at the seeing of it.
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 →