With darkness cover thou their way, and let it slipp'ry prove; And let the angel of the Lord pursue them from above.
Psalm 73:18 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter) Assuredly thou didst them set a slipp'ry place upon; Them suddenly thou castedst down into destruction. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: Thou castedst them down into destruction. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [After all] You do set the [wicked] in slippery places; You cast them down to ruin and destruction. American Standard Version (1901) Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction. Common English Bible You will definitely put them on a slippery path; you will make them fall into ruin! Catholic Public Domain Version Be mindful of this: the enemy placed blame against the Lord, and a foolish people has incited against your name. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Remember this, the enemy hath reproached the Lord: and a foolish people hath provoked thy name. |
With darkness cover thou their way, and let it slipp'ry prove; And let the angel of the Lord pursue them from above.
But wicked men, and foes of God, as fat of lambs, decay; They shall consume, yea, into smoke they shall consume away.
Although he fall, yet shall he not be cast down utterly; Because the Lord with his own hand upholds him mightily.
But thou, O Lord my God, those men in justice shalt o'erthrow, And in destruction's dungeon dark at last shalt lay them low: The bloody and deceitful men shall not live half their days: But upon thee with confidence I will depend always.
When those that lewd and wicked are spring quickly up like grass, And workers of iniquity do flourish all apace; It is that they for ever may destroyed be and slain;
On them their own iniquity the Lord shall bring and lay, And cut them off in their own sin; our Lord God shall them slay.