¹⁸ Truly, you put them on a slippery path
    and send them sliding over the cliff to destruction.

⁶ Make their path dark and slippery,
    with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.

¹² “Therefore, the paths they take
    will become slippery.
They will be chased through the dark,
    and there they will fall.
For I will bring disaster upon them
    at the time fixed for their punishment.
    I, the Lord, have spoken!

²³ God will turn the sins of evil people back on them.
    He will destroy them for their sins.
    The Lord our God will destroy them.

⁷ Though the wicked sprout like weeds
    and evildoers flourish,
    they will be destroyed forever.

²³ But you, O God, will send the wicked
    down to the pit of destruction.
Murderers and liars will die young,
    but I am trusting you to save me.

³⁵ I have seen wicked and ruthless people
    flourishing like a tree in its native soil.
³⁶ But when I looked again, they were gone!
    Though I searched for them, I could not find them!

³⁷ Look at those who are honest and good,
    for a wonderful future awaits those who love peace.
³⁸ But the rebellious will be destroyed;
    they have no future.

²⁴ Though they stumble, they will never fall,
    for the Lord holds them by the hand.

²⁰ But the wicked will die.
    The Lord’s enemies are like flowers in a field—
    they will disappear like smoke.