Psalm 73:19

God's Ways Vindicated

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Surely You set the wicked-minded and immoral on slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.
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How they are destroyed in a moment!
They are completely swept away by sudden terrors!
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Like a dream [which seems real] until one awakens,
O Lord, when stirred, [You observe the wicked], You will despise their image.

In an Instant

Numbers 16:21

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

Numbers 17:12-13

The sons of Israel said to Moses, “Look, we perish, we are doomed, all doomed!

1 Samuel 28:20

Then Saul immediately fell full length on the earth [floor of the medium’s house], and was very afraid because of Samuel’s words; and he was thoroughly exhausted because he had not eaten all day and all night.

Job 15:21

“A [dreadful] sound of terrors is in his ears;
While at peace and in a time of prosperity the destroyer comes upon him [the tent of the robber is not at peace].

Job 18:11

“Terrors frighten him on every side
And chase at his heels.

Job 20:5

That the triumphing of the wicked is short,
And the joy of the godless is only for a moment?

Job 20:23-25

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

Psalm 58:9

Before your cooking pots can feel the fire of thorns [burning under them as fuel],
He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning ones alike.

Proverbs 28:1

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

Isaiah 21:3-4

Therefore [continues Isaiah] my loins are filled with anguish;
Pains have seized me like the pains of a woman in childbirth;
I am so bent and bewildered that I cannot hear, I am so terrified that I cannot see.

Isaiah 30:13

Therefore this wickedness [this sin, this injustice, this wrongdoing] will be to you
Like a crack [in a wall] about to fall,
A bulge in a high wall,
Whose collapse comes suddenly in an instant,

Isaiah 47:11

“Therefore disaster will come on you;
You will not know how to make it disappear [with your magic].
And disaster will fall on you
For which you cannot atone [with all your offerings to your gods];
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; the joints and muscles of his hips and back weakened and his knees began knocking together.

Acts 2:23

this Man, when handed over [to the Roman authorities] according to the predetermined decision and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross and put to death by the hands of lawless and godless men.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

While they are saying, “Peace and safety [all is well and secure!]” then [in a moment unforeseen] destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains on a woman with child, and they will absolutely not escape [for there will be no way to escape the judgment of the Lord].

Revelation 18:10

standing a long way off, in fear of her torment, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, the strong city, Babylon! In a single hour your judgment has come.’