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Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.
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A Dangerous Height
Commentators unanimously describe the prosperity of the wicked as being on "slippery places." Using imagery like a mountain of ice or a smooth, high rock, they explain that this success is temporary, unstable, and dangerous. It is a position not to be envied, as it leads directly to a sudden and catastrophic fall.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Surely you did set them in slippery places - Not in a solid and permanent position; not where their foothold would be secure, but a…
19th Century
Baptist
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places:
There they are–on a mountain of ice, bright and glittering: up aloft, where others se…
16th Century
Protestant
Surely you have set them in slippery places. David, having now gone through his conflicts, begins, if we may use the expression, to be a n…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Surely you did set them in slippery places In which a man cannot stand long, and without danger; and the higher they…
The psalmist having shown the progress of his temptation, shows how faith and grace prevailed. He maintained respect for God's people, and with tha…
