¹⁸ Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.

⁶ Let their way be dark and slippery, Yahweh's angel pursuing them.

⁹ who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

¹² Therefore their way shall be to them as slippery places in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein; for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation, says Yahweh.

²³ He has brought on them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh, our God, will cut them off.

⁷ Though the wicked spring up as the grass, And all the evil-doers flourish, They will be destroyed forever.

²³ But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, But I will trust in you.

³⁵ I have seen the wicked in great power, Spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

³⁶ But he passed away, and, behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.

³⁷ Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, For there is a future for the man of peace.

³⁸ As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.

²⁴ Though he stumble, he shall not fall, For Yahweh holds him up with his hand.

²⁰ But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of Yahweh shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish-- Vanish like smoke.

³⁵ Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, The things that are to come on them shall make haste.