Psalms 73:18
Surely you set them in slippery places.You throw them down to destruction.
New Heart English 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,and considered their latter end.
19How they are suddenly destroyed!They are completely swept away with terrors.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is mine, and I will repay,at the time when their foot slides;for the day of their calamity is at hand.The things that are to come on them shall make haste."
Psalms 37:20But the wicked shall perish.The enemies of the Lord shall be like the beauty of the fields.They will vanish-vanish like smoke.LAMED
Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked in great power,spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
Psalms 92:7though the wicked spring up as the grass,and all the evildoers flourish,they will be destroyed forever.
Psalms 94:23He has brought on them their own iniquity,and will cut them off in their own wickedness.The Lord, our God, will cut them off.
2 Thessalonians 1:9who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face 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 →