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Psalm 73

Psa. 73:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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How are they brought into desolation
shammah (Hebrew #8047)
ruin; by implication, consternation
KJV usage: astonishment, desolate(-ion), waste, wonderful thing.
Pronounce: sham-maw'
Origin: from 8074
, as in a moment
rega` (Hebrew #7281)
from 7280. a wink (of the eyes), i.e. a very short space of time
KJV usage: instant, moment, space, suddenly.
Pronounce: reh'-gah
! they are utterly
cuwph (Hebrew #5486)
to snatch away, i.e. terminate
KJV usage: consume, have an end, perish, X be utterly.
Pronounce: soof
Origin: a primitive root
consumed
tamam (Hebrew #8552)
to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, cease, be clean (pass-)ed, consume, have done, (come to an, have an, make an) end, fail, come to the full, be all gone, X be all here, be (make) perfect, be spent, sum, be (shew self) upright, be wasted, whole.
Pronounce: taw-mam'
Origin: a primitive root
with terrors
ballahah (Hebrew #1091)
alarm; hence, destruction
KJV usage: terror, trouble.
Pronounce: bal-law-haw'
Origin: from 1089
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Num. 17:12‑13• 12And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Lo, we expire, we perish, we all perish.
13Every one that comes at all near to the tabernacle of Jehovah shall die: shall we then expire altogether?
(Num. 17:12‑13)
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1 Sam. 28:20• 20And Saul fell straightway his full length 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. (1 Sam. 28:20)
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Job 15:21• 21The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him. (Job 15:21)
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Job 20:23‑25• 23It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will cast his fierce anger upon him, and will rain it upon him into his flesh.
24If he have fled from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.
25He draweth it forth; it cometh out of his body, and the glittering point out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
(Job 20:23‑25)
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Prov. 28:1• 1The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion. (Prov. 28:1)
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Isa. 21:3‑4• 3Therefore are my loins filled with pain; anguish hath taken hold upon me, as the anguish of a woman in travail: I am bowed down so as not to hear, I am dismayed so as not to see.
4My heart panteth, horror affrighteth me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into trembling unto me.
(Isa. 21:3‑4)
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Dan. 5:6• 6Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another. (Dan. 5:6)
 Their desolation comes in a moment, and “they pass away, consumed with terrors” (JND). (Psalms 73 by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.