Psalms 73:18 · KJV
“Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.”
— Psalms 73:18
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; {then} understood I their end.
How are they {brought} into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
Psalms 73 — Context
When I thought to know this, it {was} too painful for me; {too...: Heb. labour in mine eyes}
17Until I went into the sanctuary of God; {then} understood I their end.
18Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
19How are they {brought} into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
20As a dream when {one} awaketh; {so}, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
Cross References
Jeremiah 23:12
Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery {ways} in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, {even} the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
Psalms 35:6
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them. {dark...: Heb. darkness and slipperiness}
Deuteronomy 32:35
To me {belongeth} vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in {due} time: for the day of their calamity {is} at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
Psalms 55:23
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee. {bloody...: Heb. men of bloods and deceit} {shall...: Heb. shall not half their days}
2 Thessalonians 1:9
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
Psalms 94:23
And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; {yea}, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
Psalms 37:35-38
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. {a green...: or, a green tree that groweth in his own soil}
Psalms 92:7
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; {it is} that they shall be destroyed for ever: