Psalms 73:18
Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
In Context
17until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.
19How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
Psalms 37:20But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.
Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
Psalms 92:7that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
Psalms 94:23He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
2 Thessalonians 1:9They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and 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 →