Psalms 73:18
Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
In Context
17Until I went into the sanctuaries of God; [then] understood I their end.
19How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is mine, and recompense, For the time when their foot shall slip. For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that shall come upon them make haste.
Psalms 37:20For the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume, like smoke shall they consume away.
Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading like a green tree in its native soil:
Psalms 92:7When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that they may be destroyed for ever.
Psalms 94:23And he will bring upon them their iniquity, and will cut them off in their own evil: Jehovah our God will cut them off.
2 Thessalonians 1:9who shall pay the penalty [of] everlasting destruction from [the] presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his might,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 73:16-21
The End of the Wicked. 15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children. 16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; 17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. 19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. 20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt… Read the whole commentary →