Psalms 73:18
Yes, you set them on slippery places; down to destruction you hurl them.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
In Context
17till I entered the holy world of God and saw clearly their destiny.
19One moment and then what a horror of ruin! They are finished and ended in terrors.
Cross References
Psalms 37:20Because the wicked will perish: but the foes of the Lord, like a brand in the oven, will vanish, like smoke they will vanish.
Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked exultant, lifting themselves like a cedar of Lebanon.
Psalms 92:7that, though the wicked flourish like grass, and evildoers all blossom, they will perish forever.
Psalms 94:23He will bring back their sin upon them, for their wickedness he will destroy them; the Lord our God will destroy them.
2 Thessalonians 1:9They will pay the penalty of unutterable ruin – banished from the presence of the Lord and from the glorious manifestation 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 →