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they are utterly consumed with terrors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/73.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Oh, how they are <i>brought</i> to desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/73.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />How they are destroyed in a moment! They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/73.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />How they are destroyed in a moment! They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/73.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />How they are destroyed in a moment! They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/73.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />How they become desolate in a moment! They are completely swept away by terrors!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/73.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />How they are destroyed in a moment! They are completely swept away by sudden terrors!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/73.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />How suddenly they become a desolation! They come to an end, swept away by terrors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/73.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />How suddenly they become a desolation! They come to an end, swept away by terrors. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/73.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/73.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />They will be terrified, suddenly swept away and no longer there. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/73.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />How are they become a desolation in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/73.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They are suddenly destroyed. They are completely swept away by terror!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/73.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They are instantly destroyed; they go down to a horrible end. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/73.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />How desolate they quickly become, completely destroyed by calamities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/73.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/73.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/73.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />How they are suddenly destroyed. They are completely swept away with terrors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/73.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/73.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/73.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />How they have become a desolation as in a moment, "" They have been ended—consumed from terrors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/73.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> How have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended -- consumed from terrors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/73.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />How they were for desolation as in a moment they perished; they were finished from sudden destruction.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/73.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />How are they brought to desolation? they have suddenly ceased to be: they have perished by reason of their iniquity. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/73.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 72:19>How have they been brought to desolation? They have suddenly failed. They have perished because of their iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/73.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />How suddenly they are devastated; utterly undone by disaster! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/73.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors!<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/73.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/73.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />How suddenly they have ended in insensibility and they are finished by tumult!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/73.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are wholly consumed by terrors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/73.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />How have they become desolate! suddenly they have failed: they have perished because of their iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/73-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=8914" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/73.htm">Endow the King with Your Justice</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin. <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/349.htm" title="349: ’êḵ (Interjection) -- How?. Also eykah; and teykakah; prolonged from 'ay; how? Or how!; also where.">How</a> <a href="/hebrew/7281.htm" title="7281: ḵə·rā·ḡa‘ (Prep-k:: N-ms) -- A moment. From raga'. A wink, i.e. A very short space of time.">suddenly</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">they are</a> <a href="/hebrew/8047.htm" title="8047: lə·šam·māh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Waste, horror. From shamem; ruin; by implication, consternation.">laid waste,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8552.htm" title="8552: ṯam·mū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive.">completely</a> <a href="/hebrew/5486.htm" title="5486: sā·p̄ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To come to an end, cease. A primitive root; to snatch away, i.e. Terminate.">swept away</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">by</a> <a href="/hebrew/1091.htm" title="1091: bal·lā·hō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Terror, dreadful event, calamity, destruction. From balahh; alarm; hence, destruction.">terrors!</a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/20-5.htm">Job 20:5</a></span><br />the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/14-12.htm">Proverbs 14:12</a></span><br />There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-11.htm">Isaiah 47:11</a></span><br />But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/obadiah/1-3.htm">Obadiah 1:3-4</a></span><br />The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’ / Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-20.htm">Luke 12:20</a></span><br />But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:3</a></span><br />While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/24-20.htm">Proverbs 24:20</a></span><br />For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-5.htm">Isaiah 29:5-6</a></span><br />But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant, / you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-39.htm">Matthew 24:39</a></span><br />And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">2 Peter 3:10</a></span><br />But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-8.htm">Jeremiah 51:8</a></span><br />Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-10.htm">Revelation 18:10</a></span><br />In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-13.htm">Isaiah 30:13</a></span><br />this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly—in an instant!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-25.htm">Ezekiel 7:25-27</a></span><br />Anguish is coming! They will seek peace, but find none. / Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction from the priests will perish, as will counsel from the elders. / The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with despair, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct, and I will judge them by their own standards. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-12.htm">1 Corinthians 10:12</a></span><br />So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.</p><p class="hdg">how</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/58-9.htm">Psalm 58:9</a></b></br> Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in <i>his</i> wrath.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/20-5.htm">Job 20:5</a></b></br> That the triumphing of the wicked <i>is</i> short, and the joy of the hypocrite <i>but</i> for a moment?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/30-13.htm">Isaiah 30:13</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="hdg">they are</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/17-12.htm">Numbers 17:12,13</a></b></br> And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/28-20.htm">1 Samuel 28:20</a></b></br> Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/15-21.htm">Job 15:21</a></b></br> A dreadful sound <i>is</i> in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/72-4.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/psalms/18-30.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/psalms/71-13.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/psalms/69-25.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/psalms/69-25.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/psalms/63-9.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/psalms/73-18.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/psalms/72-20.htm">Ended</a> <a href="/psalms/34-4.htm">Fears</a> <a href="/psalms/30-5.htm">Moment</a> <a href="/psalms/64-7.htm">Sudden</a> <a href="/psalms/64-7.htm">Suddenly</a> <a href="/psalms/58-9.htm">Swept</a> <a href="/psalms/55-4.htm">Terrors</a> <a href="/psalms/68-12.htm">Utterly</a> <a href="/psalms/69-3.htm">Wasted</a> <a href="/job/21-23.htm">Wholly</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/74-22.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/psalms/74-8.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/psalms/73-26.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/psalms/78-40.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-27.htm">Desolation</a> <a href="/psalms/73-27.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/psalms/73-27.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/psalms/73-20.htm">Ended</a> <a href="/psalms/112-1.htm">Fears</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-15.htm">Moment</a> <a href="/psalms/78-33.htm">Sudden</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-15.htm">Suddenly</a> <a href="/psalms/88-16.htm">Swept</a> <a href="/psalms/88-15.htm">Terrors</a> <a href="/psalms/74-8.htm">Utterly</a> <a href="/psalms/78-33.htm">Wasted</a> <a href="/psalms/77-8.htm">Wholly</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 73</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/73-1.htm">The prophet, prevailing in a temptation</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/73-2.htm">Shows the occasion thereof, the prosperity of the wicked</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/73-13.htm">The wound given thereby, diffidence</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/73-15.htm">The victory over it, knowledge of God's purpose.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical context, this sudden destruction is often seen as a divine act of judgment. The Bible frequently warns that those who live in opposition to God's ways may experience sudden calamity (<a href="/proverbs/6-15.htm">Proverbs 6:15</a>, <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:3</a>). The imagery of being "laid waste" suggests total ruin, reminiscent of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (<a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24-25</a>), where judgment came swiftly and completely.<p><b>completely swept away by terrors!</b><br>The phrase "completely swept away" indicates total eradication, leaving no trace behind. This can be connected to the flood narrative in <a href="/genesis/7.htm">Genesis 7</a>, where the wicked were entirely wiped out by the waters. The "terrors" refer to the overwhelming fear and panic that accompany divine judgment. In the cultural context of the ancient Near East, such language would resonate with the fear of invading armies or natural disasters, both seen as instruments of divine retribution. This phrase also echoes the fate of the Egyptians in the Red Sea (<a href="/exodus/14-27.htm">Exodus 14:27-28</a>), where they were suddenly and completely destroyed, serving as a type of Christ's ultimate victory over evil.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/asaph.htm">Asaph</a></b><br>The author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/73.htm">Psalm 73</a>, Asaph was a prominent Levite singer and seer in David's court. He is known for his deep reflections on the justice and goodness of God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wicked.htm">The Wicked</a></b><br>The psalm addresses the prosperity of the wicked and their eventual downfall, serving as a central theme in Asaph's lament and realization.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sanctuary_of_god.htm">The Sanctuary of God</a></b><br>A pivotal place in the psalm where Asaph gains understanding of the fate of the wicked, symbolizing divine revelation and perspective.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/terrors.htm">Terrors</a></b><br>Represents the sudden and overwhelming judgment that befalls the wicked, highlighting the ultimate justice of God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/judgment.htm">Judgment</a></b><br>An event that underscores the sudden and complete nature of God's justice against those who oppose Him.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_illusion_of_prosperity.htm">The Illusion of Prosperity</a></b><br>The apparent success of the wicked is temporary and deceptive. Believers should not envy their prosperity but trust in God's justice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_suddenness_of_god's_judgment.htm">The Suddenness of God's Judgment</a></b><br>God's judgment can come unexpectedly. This should encourage believers to live righteously and be prepared for His return.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_divine_perspective.htm">The Importance of Divine Perspective</a></b><br>Like Asaph, believers should seek God's perspective, especially when struggling with doubts about justice and fairness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Trust in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Even when the wicked seem to thrive, God is in control and will execute justice in His perfect timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_fear_in_judgment.htm">The Role of Fear in Judgment</a></b><br>The terrors that sweep away the wicked serve as a reminder of the fear of the Lord, which is the beginning of wisdom.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_73.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 73</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_the_soul_mortal_or_immortal.htm">Is the soul mortal or immortal?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_zophar_with_psalm_73.htm">How do we reconcile Zophar’s rigid cause-and-effect theology in Job 20 with other biblical passages (like Psalm 73) that acknowledge the prosperity of the wicked without immediate judgment?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_wicked's_brief_joy.htm">Job 20:4–5 implies universal knowledge of the brevity of the wicked’s joy; where is the empirical or historical evidence supporting this absolute claim? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_psalm_79_6_call_for_wrath.htm">Why does Psalm 79:6 call for God's wrath on foreign nations when other passages emphasize God's compassion for all peoples?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/73.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) <span class= "bld">In a moment.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">in a wink. </span>(Comp. "In the twinkling of an eye.")<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/73.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 19.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment!</span> There is something very striking in the suddenness with which the prosperity of a wicked man often collapses. Saul, Jezebel, Athaliah, Epiphanes, Herod Agrippa, are cases in point, likewise Nero, Galerius, Julian. The first and second Napoleonic empires may also be cited. <span class="cmt_word">They are utterly consumed with terrors;</span> literally, <span class="accented">they perish; they come to an end through terrors</span> (comp. <a href="/job/18-11.htm">Job 18:11</a>; <a href="/job/24-17.htm">Job 24:17</a>; <a href="/job/27-20.htm">Job 27:20</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/73-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">How</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֤יךְ</span> <span class="translit">(’êḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_349.htm">Strong's 349: </a> </span><span class="str2">How?, how!, where</span><br /><br /><span class="word">suddenly</span><br /><span class="heb">כְרָ֑גַע</span> <span class="translit">(ḵə·rā·ḡa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7281.htm">Strong's 7281: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wink, a very short space of time</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they are</span><br /><span class="heb">הָי֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·yū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">laid waste,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְשַׁמָּ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(lə·šam·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8047.htm">Strong's 8047: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ruin, consternation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">completely</span><br /><span class="heb">תַ֝֗מּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(ṯam·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8552.htm">Strong's 8552: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be complete or finished</span><br /><br /><span class="word">swept away</span><br /><span class="heb">סָ֥פוּ</span> <span class="translit">(sā·p̄ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5486.htm">Strong's 5486: </a> </span><span class="str2">To snatch away, terminate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by</span><br /><span class="heb">מִן־</span> <span class="translit">(min-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">terrors!</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּלָּהֽוֹת׃</span> <span class="translit">(bal·lā·hō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1091.htm">Strong's 1091: </a> </span><span class="str2">Terror, dreadful event, calamity, destruction</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/73-19.htm">Psalm 73:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/73-19.htm">Psalm 73:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/73-19.htm">Psalm 73:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/73-19.htm">Psalm 73:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/73-19.htm">Psalm 73:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/73-19.htm">Psalm 73:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/73-19.htm">Psalm 73:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/73-19.htm">Psalm 73:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/73-19.htm">Psalm 73:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/73-19.htm">Psalm 73:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/73-19.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 73:19 How they are suddenly destroyed! 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