Psalms 73:19
How are they brought to desolation in a moment, And utterly consumed with sudden destruction!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
In Context
18Behold! thou hast set them on slippery places; Thou castest them down into unseen pits.
20As a dream when one awaketh, Thou, O Lord! when thou awakest, wilt make their vain show a derision.
Cross References
Job 18:11Terrors affright him on every side, And harass him at his heels.
Job 20:23He shall, indeed, have wherewith to fill himself: God shall send upon him the fury of his anger, And rain it down upon him for his food.
Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no one pursueth; But the righteous is as bold as a lion.
Isaiah 21:3Therefore are my loins full of pain; Pangs have seized me, as the pangs of a woman in travail; For convulsions I cannot hear; For anguish I cannot 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 →