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19How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly{H8804)} consumed{H8804)} with terrors.
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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.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
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.
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
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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…
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