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Psalm 35:6

Let their way be dark and slippery, the LORD’s angel pursuing them.

4Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.
5Let them be as chaff before the wind, the LORD’s angel driving them on.
6Let their way be dark and slippery, the LORD’s angel pursuing them.
7For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
8Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.
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The dark, slippery path and pursuing angel make this a fierce prayer for judgment from someone whose enemies have laid traps without cause.

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Where else Scripture says this

9 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 73:18Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.Both passages picture slippery ground as a form of divine judgment, with those under judgment losing their footing.
Jeremiah 23:12Therefore their way will be to them as slippery places in the darkness. They will be driven on, and fall therein; for I will bring evil on them, even the year …Both describe a dark, slippery way and people driven onward under the LORD’s judgment.
Zephaniah 3:20At that time I will bring you in, and at that time I will gather you; for I will give you honor and praise among all the peoples of the earth when I restore …Both look to the LORD to act, though Psalm 35 seeks judgment and Zephaniah promises gathering and restored honor.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.Both portray a dark path where footing fails, though Proverbs describes the wicked and the psalm petitions against attackers.
Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the LORD your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and while you look for light, he turns it into …Both connect darkness and dangerous footing with divine judgment; Jeremiah warns before it comes, while the psalm asks for it.
Genesis 6:21Take with you some of all food that is eaten, and gather it to yourself; and it will be for food for you, and for them.”These passages share no clear theme: one asks for pursuit in judgment, while the other directs gathering food.
2 Samuel 24:16When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, “It is …The LORD’s angel appears in both scenes of judgment, with pursuit requested in the psalm and destruction halted in Samuel.
Lamentations 3:66You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.Both describe divine pursuit in judgment, with the psalm asking for it and Lamentations declaring that it will come.
Exodus 10:21The LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.”Darkness is sought as judgment in the psalm; in Exodus, the LORD commands Moses to bring darkness over Egypt.
Where this verse fits

Injustice and anger. fear for the future.

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Encouragement

This is a plea for judgment against people plotting ruin without cause. The threatened speaker takes that plea to God; the pursuit belongs to YHWH’s angel.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).