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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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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Surely.
Psa. 35:6• 6Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of Jehovah pursue them. (Psa. 35:6)
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Deut. 32:35• 35Vengeance is mine, and recompense, For the time when their foot shall slip. For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that shall come upon them make haste. (Deut. 32:35)
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Jer. 23:12• 12Therefore 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. (Jer. 23:12)
thou castedst.
Psa. 37:20,24,35‑38• 20For the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume, like smoke shall they consume away.
 24though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for Jehovah upholdeth his hand.
 35I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading like a green tree in its native soil:
 36but he passed away, and behold, he was not; and I sought him, but he was not found.
 37Mark the perfect, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace;
 38but the transgressors shall be destroyed together; the future of the wicked shall be cut off. (Psa. 37:20,24,35‑38)
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Psa. 55:23• 23And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee. (Psa. 55:23)
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Psa. 92:7• 7When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that they may be destroyed for ever. (Psa. 92:7)
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Psa. 94:23• 23And he will bring upon them their iniquity, and will cut them off in their own evil: Jehovah our God will cut them off. (Psa. 94:23)
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2 Thess. 1:9• 9who shall pay the penalty of 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.