Psalms 73:18
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
KJV
Memor esto hujus : inimicus improperavit Domino, et populus insipiens incitavit nomen tuum.
Vulgate
μνήσθητι ταύτης τῆς κτίσεώς σου. ἐχθρὸς ὠνείδισεν τὸν κύριον, καὶ λαὸς ἄφρων παρώξυνεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ.
LXX
Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.
ASV
אַ֣ךְ בַּ֭/חֲלָקוֹת תָּשִׁ֣ית לָ֑/מוֹ הִ֝פַּלְתָּ֗/ם לְ/מַשּׁוּאֽוֹת
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַךְ
'k
adverb · 158×
הוּ
hv
verb · 85×
חֶלְקַ֥ת
chlqt
noun · 29×
יִּפֹּ֥ל
ypl
verb · 434×
מַשּׁוּאֽוֹת
mshv'vt
noun · 2×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 13.—That in Adam’s Sin an Evil Will Preceded the Evil Act. Our first parents fell into open disobedience because already they were secretly corrupted; for the evil act had never been done had not an evil will preceded it. And what is the origin of our evil will but pride? For “pride is the beginning of sin.”729729 Ecclus. x. 13. And what is pride but the craving for und…
In this verse is threatened the vengeance of God on the wicked unbelieving Israelites, who were God's visible people, and who lived under the means of grace. The expression I have chosen for my text, "Their foot shall slide in due time," seems to imply that they were always exposed to destruction, as one that stands or walks in slippery places is always exposed to fall.
Cross-references
- 1John 2:17 — And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
- 1Thess 5:3 — For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
- 2Thess 1:9 — Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
- Deut 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.
- Eccl 3:18 — I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
- Eccl 8:8 — There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are
- Eccl 9:12 — For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly u
- Heb 11:25 — Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
- Isa 57:20 — But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
- Jas 5:1 — Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
- Jer 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.
- Jer 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.
- Job 5:3 — I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
- Job 15:21 — A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
- Job 20:5 — That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
- Luke 16:22 — And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
- Mark 8:36 — For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
- Prov 6:15 — Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
- Prov 10:25 — As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
- Prov 28:18 — Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
- Ps 35:6 — Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
- Ps 35:6 — Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
- Ps 35:8 — Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
- Ps 37:10 — For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
- Ps 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.
- Ps 37:35 — I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
- Ps 52:7 — Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
- Ps 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.
- Ps 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.
- Ps 62:3 — How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
- Ps 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:
- Ps 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:
- Ps 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.
- Ps 147:6 — The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.