¹⁸ Surely you place them on slippery ground;^(A)
    you cast them down to ruin.^(B)

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

¹² “Therefore their path will become slippery;^(A)
    they will be banished to darkness
    and there they will fall.
I will bring disaster on them
    in the year they are punished,^(B)”
declares the Lord.

²³ He will repay^(A) them for their sins
    and destroy^(B) them for their wickedness;
    the Lord our God will destroy them.

⁷ that though the wicked spring up like grass
    and all evildoers flourish,
    they will be destroyed forever.^(A)

²³ But you, God, will bring down the wicked
    into the pit^(A) of decay;
the bloodthirsty and deceitful^(B)
    will not live out half their days.^(C)

But as for me, I trust in you.^(D)

³⁵ I have seen a wicked and ruthless man
    flourishing^(A) like a luxuriant native tree,
³⁶ but he soon passed away and was no more;
    though I looked for him, he could not be found.^(B)

³⁷ Consider the blameless,^(C) observe the upright;^(D)
    a future awaits those who seek peace.^[a](E)
38 But all sinners^(F) will be destroyed;^(G)
    there will be no future^[b] for the wicked.^(H)

²⁴ though he may stumble, he will not fall,^(A)
    for the Lord upholds^(B) him with his hand.