Psalms 73:19
How they are suddenly destroyed!They are completely swept away with terrors.
New Heart 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 the words of Samuel. There was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
Job 18:11Terrors shall make him afraid on every side,and shall 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 taken hold on me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am in so much pain that I can't hear. I so am 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 →