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Psalms 73:18
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Surely You set them in slippery places;You cause them to fall to destruction.
Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction.
Truely thou doest set them in slippery places: and castest them downe headlong for to be destroyed.
Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.
Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction.
Surely, You will set their feet in slippery places; You will make them fall into ruin.
Clearly, you have put them in danger. You make it easy for them to fall and be destroyed.
Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
Namely, how thou hast set the in a slippery place, that thou maiest cast the downe headlynges & destroye the.
Surely You set the wicked-minded and immoral on slippery places; You cast them down to destruction.
Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.
You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.
Surely you set them in slippery places: You cast them down to destruction.
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou didst cast them down into destruction.
Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.
You will make them stumble, never to get up again.
Indeed, you place them on a slippery slope and make them fall to their ruin.
Surely thou hast set them in slipperie places, and castest them downe into desolation.
Thou didst appoint their portion according to their deceitfulness; thou didst cast them down when they exalted themselves.
Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.
Surely Thou settest them in slippery places; Thou hurlest them down to utter ruin.
For sure, You set the sinful in places where there is danger at every step. You throw them down to be destroyed.
Surely thou hast appointed judgments to them because of their crafty dealings: thou hast cast them down when they were lifted up.
Surely thou settest them in slippery places: thou castest them down to destruction.
Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin.
Surely, in slippery places, dost thou set them, - Thou hast suffered them to fall into places of danger.
(72-18) But indeed for deceits thou hast put it to them: when they were lifted up thou hast cast them down.
Surely you set them on slippery places. You cause them to fall onto ruin.
Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin.
You indeed put them on slippery ground; You dropped them into ruin.
You have put them in danger; you cause them to be destroyed.
You will put them in slippery places and make them fall to destruction!
Indeed, You put them in slippery places; You make them fall into ruin.
Netheles for gilis thou hast put to hem; thou castidist hem doun, while thei weren reisid.
Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations.
Truly thou dost set them in slippery places; thou dost make them fall to ruin.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Surely: Psalms 35:6, Deuteronomy 32:35, Jeremiah 23:12
thou castedst: Psalms 37:20, Psalms 37:24, Psalms 37:35-38, Psalms 55:23, Psalms 92:7, Psalms 94:23, 2 Thessalonians 1:9
Reciprocal: Judges 20:21 - destroyed 2 Samuel 15:10 - reigneth 1 Kings 1:41 - Wherefore 2 Chronicles 22:12 - Athaliah Job 5:3 - taking Job 8:18 - he Job 15:21 - in prosperity Job 20:5 - the triumphing Job 24:17 - in the terrors Job 24:18 - swift Job 31:3 - destruction Psalms 35:8 - Let destruction Psalms 37:10 - yet Psalms 49:20 - is like Psalms 52:7 - strengthened Psalms 58:9 - as Psalms 62:3 - ye shall Psalms 63:2 - in the Psalms 73:1 - God Psalms 88:11 - in destruction Psalms 102:10 - thou hast Psalms 147:6 - he casteth Proverbs 6:15 - shall his Proverbs 10:25 - the whirlwind Proverbs 12:7 - wicked Proverbs 28:18 - but Ecclesiastes 3:18 - concerning Ecclesiastes 8:8 - neither Ecclesiastes 9:12 - the sons Isaiah 57:20 - like Ezekiel 28:17 - I will cast Ezekiel 35:11 - and I Daniel 5:6 - the king's Mark 8:36 - what Luke 16:22 - the rich John 8:21 - and shall die 1 Thessalonians 5:3 - then Hebrews 11:25 - the pleasures James 1:11 - so James 5:1 - ye 1 John 2:17 - the world
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places,.... In which a man cannot stand long, and without danger; and the higher they are the more dangerous, being slippery, and such are places of honour and riches. The phrase denotes the uncertainty and instability of these things, and the danger men are in who are possessed of them of falling into destruction and misery. The Targum is,
"thou didst set them in darkness;''
to be in slippery places, and in the dark, is very uncomfortable, unsafe, and dangerous indeed; See Psalms 35:6 and it may be observed, that all this honour, promotion, and riches, are of God; it is he that sets them in these places of honour and profit; and he that sets them up can pull them down, as he does; so it follows,
thou castest them down into destruction: into temporal destruction, by removing them from their high stations into a very low, mean, and contemptible state, as were Shebna and Nebuchadnezzar,
Isaiah 22:15 and into everlasting destruction, from whence there is no recovery; see Psalms 55:23.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places - Not in a solid and permanent position; not where their foothold would be secure, but as on smooth and slippery rocks, where they would be liable any moment to fall into the foaming billows. However prosperous their condition may seem to be now, yet it is a condition of uncertainty and danger, from which they must soon fall into ruin. In their prosperity there is nothing of permanence or Stability; and this fact will explain the difficulty.
Thou castedst them down into destruction - They are placed, not in a permanent condition, but in a condition from which they will be cast down to destruction. Ruin is before them; and the end will demonstrate the justice of God. Nothing can be determined from their present condition as to the question which caused so much perplexity, but in order to a proper solution we must wait to see the end. As an illustration of this, see the interesting account of the interview between Solon of Athens, and Croesus, the rich king of Lydia, as given in Herodotus, book i., 30-33.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 73:18. Thou didst set them in slippery places — Affluence is a slippery path; few have ever walked in it without falling. It is possible to be faithful in the unrighteous mammon, but it is very difficult. No man should desire riches; for they bring with them so many cares and temptations as to be almost unmanageable. Rich men, even when pious, are seldom happy; they do not enjoy the consolations of religion. A good man, possessed of very extensive estates, unblamable in his whole deportment, once said to me: "There must be some strange malignity in riches thus to keep me in continual bondage, and deprive me of the consolations of the Gospel." Perhaps to a person to whom his estates are a snare, the words of our Lord may be literally applicable: "Sell what thou hast, and give to the poor; and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up thy cross, and follow me." But he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions! May we not then say with the psalmist, Surely thou digest set them in slippery places, &c.?
