[[Ps-73]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Ps-72]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Ps-74]] --- ### Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction. How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: The psalmist predicts the sudden and total downfall of the arrogant and wicked, regardless of their current prosperity and ease. *Historical context*: Theologians and historians often view this as a typological prophecy of the 'sudden destruction' warned of in [[1 Thess-05#v3|1 Thessalonians 5:3]]. Historically, this pattern is seen in the sudden collapses of regimes and individuals who displayed extreme hubris, such as Belshazzar in Babylon or Herod Agrippa ([[Acts|Acts 12]]), whose deaths were unexpected and viewed as divine judgment. It also reflects the Covenant curses found in [[Deut|Deuteronomy 28]] and 32:35, asserting that the 'foot' of the wicked shall slide in due time. *Related to*: ### You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A prediction that God will provide divine guidance through life and ultimately receive the faithful person into a state of 'glory' beyond physical death. *Historical context*: This verse is widely regarded by biblical scholars as one of the earliest references to an afterlife or immortality in the Hebrew Bible. The Hebrew verb for 'receive' (laqach) is the same used for Enoch being 'taken' by God in [[Gen-05#v24|Genesis 5:24]]. In Christian theology, this is seen as being fulfilled through the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the subsequent promise of 'glorification' for believers as described in [[Rom-08#v30|Romans 8:30]]. *Related to*: ### Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction. *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: The psalmist recognizes that the current state of the wicked is actually the realization of God's established justice and warnings against the unfaithful. *Historical context*: Scholarship identifies this as a fulfillment/application of the 'Song of Moses' in [[Deut-32#v35|Deuteronomy 32:35]], which states, 'Vengeance is mine... their foot shall slip in due time.' The psalmist's realization in the sanctuary is an acknowledgment that the ancient covenantal warnings regarding the fate of the wicked are being actively fulfilled in the spiritual reality of their 'slippery' existence. *Related to*: [[Deut-32#v35|Deuteronomy 32:35]] --- #ai_prophecy