Psalms 73:18
Surely Thou settest them in slippery places; Thou hurlest them down to utter ruin.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
In Context
17Until I entered into the sanctuary of God, and considered their end.
19How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are wholly consumed by terrors.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is Mine, and recompense, against the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.
Psalms 37:20For the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs — they shall pass away in smoke, they shall pass away.
Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a leafy tree in its native soil.
Psalms 92:7(92-8) When the wicked spring up as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they may be destroyed for ever.
Psalms 94:23And He hath brought upon them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own evil; the LORD our God will cut them off.
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 →