Psalms 73:19
How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
In Context
18Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.
20As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
Cross References
Numbers 17:12The children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, we perish! We are undone! We are all undone!
1 Samuel 28:20Then Saul fell immediately his full length on the earth, and was terrified, because of Samuel’s words. There was no strength in him, for he had eaten no bread all day long or all night long.
Job 18:11Terrors will make him afraid on every side, and will chase him at his heels.
Job 20:23When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.
Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
Isaiah 21:3Therefore my thighs are filled with anguish. Pains have seized me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am in so much pain that I can’t hear. I am so dismayed that I can’t 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 →