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Psalms 73:18

Surely thou placest them on slippery spots: thou lettest them fall down into destruction.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

In Context

17Until I enter into the sanctuary of God; and understand what their future will be.

19How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they perish, they come to their end with terrific events.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:35Mine are vengeance and recompense, at the time that their foot shall slip; for nigh draweth the day of their calamity, and the future speedeth along for them.

Psalms 37:20But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the beauty of the meadow: they pass away; in smoke they pass away.

Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked terrible in power, and striking root like a green tree in its native soil.

Psalms 92:7(92:8) When the wicked spring up like herbs, and when all the workers of wickedness do flourish; it is that they may be destroyed evermore.

Psalms 94:23And he will bring back upon them their own injustice, and in their own wickedness will he destroy them: [yea], he will destroy them—the Lord our God.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

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