Psalms 73 · Verse 19

Psalms 73:19

How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
Psalms 73:19, King James Version

Psalms 73:19 in other translations

BSBHow suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
WEBHow they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.
ASVHow are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
YLTHow have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended--consumed from terrors.
DARBYHow are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.
BBEHow suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction.
WebsterHow are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

What does Psalms 73:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 73:18-20

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).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 Are they brought into desolation - This is often a literal fact. I have known several cases where persons, very rich, have by sudden losses been brought into desolation as in a moment; in consequence of which they were utterly consumed in terrors.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 73:15-20

The psalmist having shown the progress of his temptation, shows how faith and grace prevailed. He kept up respect for God's people, and with that he restrained himself from speaking what he had thought amiss. It is a sign that we repent of the evil thoughts of the heart, if we suppress them. Nothing gives more offence to God's children, than to say it is vain to serve God; for there is nothing more contrary to their…

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Psalms 73:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֵ֤יךְ'eikhhow!H349
הָי֣וּha.Yuthey have becomeH1961
לְשַׁמָּ֣הle.sha.Mah<into> a wasteH8047
כְרָ֑גַעkhe.Ra.ga'like a momentH7281
סָ֥פוּSa.futhey come to an endH5486
תַ֝֗מּוּTa.muthey are finishedH8552
מִן\־min-fromH4480
בַּלָּהֽוֹת\׃ba.la.Hotsudden terror<s>H1091

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 73:19

  • 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.

  • Proverbs 28:1

    The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

  • 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.

  • Revelation 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.

  • Job 20:5

    That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

  • Isaiah 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.

  • 1 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.

  • Job 15:21

    A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

  • Acts 2:23

    Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

  • Job 18:11

    Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.

  • Job 20:23-25

    When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

  • Numbers 16:21

    Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
How.
58:9; Job 20:5; Isa 30:13; Ac 2:23; 1Th 5:3; Re 18:10
they are.
Nu 17:12,13; 1Sa 28:20; Job 15:21; 20:23-25; Pr 28:1; Isa 21:3,4
Da 5:6

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Context

  • Psalms 73:18

    Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

  • Psalms 73:19

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

  • Psalms 73:20

    As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

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Psalms 73:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¡Cómo han sido asolados! ¡cuán en un punto! Acabáronse, fenecieron con turbaciones.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Comme ils sont détruits en un moment! Ils sont péris, consumés par la frayeur.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wie sind sie so plötzlich verwüstet, haben ein Ende genommen, sind umgekommen durch Schrecknisse!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ne tradas bestiis animas confitentes tibi, et animas pauperum tuorum ne obliviscaris in finem.