Psalm 73:19

God's Ways Vindicated

¹⁸ Surely You set them in slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.
¹⁹ How they are destroyed in a moment!
They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!
²⁰ Like a dream when one awakes,
O Lord, when aroused, You will despise their form.

In an Instant

Numbers 16:21

“Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them instantly.”

Numbers 17:12-13

Then the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, we perish, we are dying, we are all dying!

1 Samuel 28:20

Then Saul immediately fell full length upon the ground and was very afraid because of the words of Samuel; also there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no food all day and all night.

Job 15:21

“Sounds of terror are in his ears;
While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.

Job 18:11

“All around terrors frighten him,
And harry him at every step.

Job 20:5

That the triumphing of the wicked is short,
And the joy of the godless momentary?

Job 20:23-25

“When he fills his belly,
God will send His fierce anger on him
And will rain it on him while he is eating.

Psalm 58:9

Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns
He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

Proverbs 28:1

The wicked flee when no one is pursuing,
But the righteous are bold as a lion.

Isaiah 21:3-4

For this reason my loins are full of anguish;
Pains have seized me like the pains of a woman in labor.
I am so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see.

Isaiah 30:13

Therefore this iniquity will be to you
Like a breach about to fall,
A bulge in a high wall,
Whose collapse comes suddenly in an instant,

Isaiah 47:11

“But evil will come on you
Which you will not know how to charm away;
And disaster will fall on you
For which you cannot atone;
And destruction about which you do not know
Will come on you suddenly.

Daniel 5:6

Then the king’s face grew pale and his thoughts alarmed him, and his hip joints went slack and his knees began knocking together.

Acts 2:23

this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

While they are saying, “Peace and safety!” then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape.

Revelation 18:10

standing at a distance because of the fear of her torment, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For in one hour your judgment has come.’