Psalms 73:19
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.
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 despise their image.
21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
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
Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
Read in contextProverbs 28:1
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Read in contextDaniel 5:6
Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
Read in contextRevelation 18:10
Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
Read in contextJob 20:5
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Read in contextIsaiah 30:13
Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:3
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
Read in contextJob 15:21
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
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