Psalms 72:18

Verse 18. Thou hast put it to them. In punishment of their deceits, or for deceiving them, thou hast brought evils upon them in their last end, which in their prosperity they never apprehended. Challoner.—Septuagint and so forth add, “thou hast placed evils.” Saint Ambrose reads, “goods.” Calmet.—Dolos, seems to form part of both sentences, “for deceits thou hast put deceits.” (Bert.—With the perverse, thou wilt be perverted. Psalms 17:27. Prot. “surely thou didst set them in slippery places, thou callest them down into destruction;” ( Bible.) or, “when they were lifted up.” Do the rich think, that their prosperity may be an effect of God’s indignation? Calmet.—We are here informed, in general, that evils are prepared to punish sins. Worthington.—The wicked have risen by their crimes to such a slippery situation. Menochius.