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Psalm 73

Psa. 73:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Surely thou didst set
shiyth (Hebrew #7896)
to place (in a very wide application)
KJV usage: apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, X look, make, mark, put (on), + regard, set, shew, be stayed, X take.
Pronounce: sheeth
Origin: a primitive root
them in slippery places
chelqah (Hebrew #2513)
properly, smoothness; figuratively, flattery; also an allotment
KJV usage: field, flattering(-ry), ground, parcel, part, piece of land (ground), plat, portion, slippery place, smooth (thing).
Pronounce: khel-kaw'
Origin: feminine of 2506
: thou castedst them down
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
into destruction
masshuw'ah (Hebrew #4876)
for 4875; ruin
KJV usage: desolation, destruction.
Pronounce: mash-shoo-aw'
Origin: or mashshu ah {mash-shoo-aw'}
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Ministry on This Verse

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Surely.
Psa. 35:6• 6Their way shall be darkness and slippery places;{HR}And the angel of Jehovah pursuing them. (Psa. 35:6)
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Deut. 32:35• 35{i}Vengeance is mine, and recompense,{HR}For the time when their foot shall slip.{HR}For the day of their calamity is at hand,{HR}And the things that shall come upon them make haste.{HR}{/i} (Deut. 32:35)
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Jer. 23:12• 12{i}Therefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places in the darkness; they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them in the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.{/i} (Jer. 23:12)
thou castedst.
Psa. 37:20,24,35‑38• 20For the wicked shall perish{HR}And the enemies of Jehovah as the precious part of lambs :{HR}They have vanished, into smoke they have vanished.
 24If he falleth, he is not cast down;{HR}For Jehovah upholdeth his hand.
 35I have seen the wicked [man] strong{HR}And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
 36And he passeth away and behold he is not;{HR}And I seek him, and he is not found.
 37Mark the perfect [man]{HR}And behold the upright [man],{HR}For the end to [that] man [is] peace.
 38But those who transgress are destroyed together;{HR}The end of the wicked hath been cut off. (Psa. 37:20,24,35‑38)
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Psa. 55:23• 23And thou, O God, wilt bring them down to the pit of corruption:{HR}Men of blood and deceit shall not live out half their days.{HR}But for me, I will trust in thee. (Psa. 55:23)
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Psa. 92:7• 7When wicked [men] spring up as grass{HR}And all the workers of iniquity flourish,{HR}[It is] for them to be destroyed forever. (Psa. 92:7)
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Psa. 94:23• 23And he bringeth upon them their own iniquity,{HR}And will cut them off in their own evil;{HR}Jehovah our God will cut them off. (Psa. 94:23)
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2 Thess. 1:9• 9Who shall pay as penalty everlasting destruction from [the] presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, (2 Thess. 1:9)
• The godly remnant then see swift destruction coming upon the apostate mass of Jews in the land as a penal consequence of their wickedness and apostasy (vs. 1820). (“Book 3.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.

W. Kelly Translation

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Truly thou settest them in slippery places,{HR}Thou hast caused them to fall into ruins.