Psalms 73:19
17 until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.
18 Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
20 Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
21 When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
- KJV
- How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
- WEB
- How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.
- ASV
- How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
- DARBY
- How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.
- BLB
- How they have become a desolation in a moment! They are swept away completely by terrors.
- ÅB
- Hvor de ble ødelagt i et øyeblikk! De gikk under og tok ende med forferdelse.
- OTB
- Hvor plutselig de blir ødelagt,
Fullstendig feid bort av redsler! - B1930
- Hvor de blev ødelagt i et øieblikk! De gikk under og tok ende med forferdelse.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 47:11
But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.
Read in contextProverbs 28:1
The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
Read in contextDaniel 5:6
his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.
Read in contextRevelation 18:10
In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”
Read in contextJob 20:5
the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
Read in contextIsaiah 30:13
this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly— in an instant!
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:3
While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
Read in contextJob 15:21
Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
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