Psalms 73:18

¹⁶ When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight

¹⁷ until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.

Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.

¹⁹ How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!

²⁰ Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
KJV: Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
WEB: Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.
ASV: Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.
DARBY: Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.
BLB: Surely You set them on slick ground; You make them fall to destruction.

ÅB: Ja, på glatte steder setter du dem; du lot dem falle, så de gikk til grunne.
OTB: Sannelig, du setter dem på glatte stier;
Du kaster dem ned til undergang.
B1930: Ja, på glatte steder setter du dem; du lot dem falle, så de gikk til grunne.

Jeremiah 23:12
“Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.
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Psalms 35:6
May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.
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Deuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
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Psalms 55:23
But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
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2 Thessalonians 1:9
They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,
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Psalms 94:23
He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
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Psalms 37:35–38
I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
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Psalms 37:20
But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.
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