Psalms 73:18

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.

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 despise their image.

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
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.
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Psalms 35:6
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
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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.
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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.
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2 Thessalonians 1:9
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
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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.
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Psalms 37:35–38
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
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Psalms 37:20
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
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