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Psalms 73:19

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

KJV

Ne tradas bestiis animas confitentes tibi, et animas pauperum tuorum ne obliviscaris in finem.

Vulgate

μὴ παραδῷς τοῖς θηρίοις ψυχὴν ἐξομολογουμένην σοι, τῶν ψυχῶν τῶν πενήτων σου μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ εἰς τέλος.

LXX

How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

ASV

אֵ֤יךְ הָי֣וּ לְ/שַׁמָּ֣ה כְ/רָ֑גַע סָ֥פוּ תַ֝֗מּוּ מִן בַּלָּהֽוֹת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֚יךְ
'yk
particle · 82×
בַּלָּה֣וֹת
blhvt
noun · 10×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
ם
m
verb · 62×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
סָפ֛וּ
spv
verb · 6×
רֶ֖גַע
rg'
noun · 21×
שַׁמָּ֔ה
shmh
verb · 40×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

In this verse is threatened the vengeance of God on the wicked unbelieving Israelites, who were God's visible people, and who lived under the means of grace. The expression I have chosen for my text, "Their foot shall slide in due time," seems to imply that they were always exposed to destruction, as one that stands or walks in slippery places is always exposed to fall.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:52 — In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
  • 1John 4:18 — There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
  • 1Sam 28:5 — And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.
  • Dan 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.
  • Esth 7:9 — And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of H
  • Exod 33:5 — For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments
  • Heb 2:15 — And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
  • Isa 47:9 — But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great
  • Isa 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, w
  • Job 15:21 — A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
  • Job 20:5 — That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
  • Job 24:24 — They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
  • Job 34:20 — In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
  • Judg 3:17 — And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.
  • Luke 4:5 — And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
  • Luke 12:20 — But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
  • Num 16:21 — Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
  • Prov 3:25 — Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
  • Prov 28:1 — The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
  • Ps 6:10 — Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
  • Ps 64:7 — But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.