Psalms 35:6

35:6 May their path be ¹  dark and slippery,

as the Lord’s angel chases them!

Deuteronomy 32:35

32:35 I will get revenge and pay them back

at the time their foot slips;

for the day of their disaster is near,

and the impending judgment ²  is rushing upon them!”

Jeremiah 23:12

23:12 So the paths they follow will be dark and slippery.

They will stumble and fall headlong.

For I will bring disaster on them.

A day of reckoning is coming for them.” ³ 

The Lord affirms it! ⁴ 

[35:6]  ¹ tn The prefixed verbal form is distinctly jussive, indicating this is a prayer.

[32:35]  ² tn Heb “prepared things,” “impending things.” See BDB 800 s.v. עָתִיד.

[23:12]  ³ tn For the last two lines see 11:23 and the notes there.

[23:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”