Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
Parallel translations
- WEB Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.
- KJV Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
- ESV Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin.
- NKJV Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction.
- NASB You indeed put them on slippery ground; You dropped them into ruin.
- NLT Truly, you put them on a slippery path and send them sliding over the cliff to destruction.
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Quick answer
Asaph now sees that God sets the wicked on slippery places and casts them down to ruin.
Overview
The very prosperity that seemed so secure is revealed as treacherous footing. God himself appoints their sudden fall. This reverses Asaph's earlier complaint; it is the wicked, not the faithful, whose feet truly slip, and their ease is the prelude to judgment.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Jer 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.
- Ps 35:6May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.
- Deut 32:35Vengeance 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.”
- Ps 55:23But 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.
- Ps 94:23He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
- 2 Th 1:9They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,
- Ps 37:35–38I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
- Ps 92:7that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
- Ps 37:20But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.
- Ps 37:24Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.
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