18 Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin. 19 How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors! 20 Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
Psalms 73:18–20
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Wisdom of Solomon 4:18–20
18 They will see, and they will despise; but the Lord will laugh them to scorn. After this, they will become a dishonored carcass and a reproach among the dead forever; (WEB) 19 because he will dash them speechless to the ground, and will shake them from the foundations.… (WEB) 20 … (WEB)
Psalms 90:4–6
4 For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night. 5 You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning— 6 in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.
Job 34:24–26
24 He shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets up others in their place. 25 Therefore, He recognizes their deeds; He overthrows them in the night and they are crushed. 26 He strikes them for their wickedness in full view,
Psalms 83:12–14
12 who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.” 13 Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind. 14 As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
Psalms 78:32–34
32 In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; despite His wonderful works, they did not believe. 33 So He ended their days in futility, and their years in sudden terror. 34 When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.
Greek Daniel 3:43–45
43 Deliver us also according to your marvelous works, and give glory to your name, O Lord. Let all those who harm your servants be confounded. (WEB) 44 Let them be ashamed of all their power and might, and let their strength be broken. (WEB) 45 Let them know that you are the Lord,… (WEB)
Job 22:15–17
15 Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod? 16 They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood. 17 They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’
Psalms 56:6–8
6 They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life. 7 In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations. 8 You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle— are they not in Your book?
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