Psalms 73:18
Surely, in slippery places, dost thou set them,—Thou hast suffered them to fall into places of danger.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
In Context
17Until I could enter the holy places of God,—Could give heed to their hereafter:—
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:35Unto the days of vengeance and requital: Unto the time their foot shall totter? For, near, is the day of their fate, And their destiny speedeth on.
Psalms 37:20For, the lawless, shall perish, and, the foes of Yahweh, be like the glory of the meadows, They have vanished! In smoke, have they vanished!
Psalms 37:35I have seen a lawless man, a tyrant, and spreading himself out, like a cedar in Lebanon;
Psalms 92:7When the lawless do thrive like grass, And all the workers of iniquity have blossomed, It is that they may be destroyed for ever.
Psalms 94:23Thus hath he brought back on them their iniquity, And, by their own wickedness, will he destroy them, Destroy them, will Yahweh our God.
2 Thessalonians 1:9Who, indeed, a penalty, shall pay—age-abiding 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 →