Psalms 73:19 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁹How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

Psalms 73:19 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 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.
Proverbs 28:1
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
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.
Job 20:5
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Job 15:21
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 15-20)

We have seen what a strong temptation the psalmist was in to envy prospering profaneness; now here we are told how he kept his footing and got the victory. I. He kept up a respect for God’s people, and with that he restrained himself from speaking what he had thought amiss, Ps. 73:15. He got the victory by degrees, and this was the first point he gained; he was ready to say, Verily, I have cleanse…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 19)

18-20. their end--future (Psa 37:37, 38), which is dismal and terribly sudden (Pr 1:27; 29:1), aggravated and hastened by terror. As one despises an unsubstantial dream, so God, waking up to judgment (Psa 7:6; 44:23), despises their vain shadow of happiness (Psa 39:6; Is 29:7). They are thrown into ruins as a building falling to pieces (Psa 74:3).