God’s Word Translation
Psalms 55:23
23But you, O God, will throw ⌞wicked people⌟ into the deepest pit. Bloodthirsty and deceitful people will not live out half their days. But I will trust you.
Psalms 55:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
- New International Version (NIV)But you, God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of decay; the bloodthirsty and deceitful will not live out half their days. But as for me, I trust in you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But you, O God, will cast them down into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction; Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in You.
Context of Psalms 55:23
21His speech is smoother than butter, but there is war in his heart. His words are more soothing than oil, but they are like swords ready to attack. 22Turn your burdens over to the Lord, and he will take care of you. He will never let the righteous person stumble. But you, O God, will throw ⌞wicked people⌟ into the deepest pit. Bloodthirsty and deceitful people will not live out half their days. But I will trust you.
Read all of Psalms 55Psalms 55:23 word by word
וְאַתָּ֤ה אֱלֹהִ֨ים׀ תּוֹרִדֵ֬ם׀ לִבְאֵ֬ר שַׁ֗חַת אַנְשֵׁ֤י דָמִ֣ים וּ֭מִרְמָה לֹא־יֶחֱצ֣וּ יְמֵיהֶ֑ם וַ֝אֲנִ֗י אֶבְטַח־בָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- But thou, O Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- shalt bring them downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
- into the pitבְּאֵרbe'êr · wellH875
- of destructionשַׁ֫חַתshachath · Pit: hellH7845
- bloodyדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
- and deceitfulמִרְמָהmirmâh · deceitH4820
- menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
- shall not live out halfחָצָהchâtsâh · to divideH2673
- their daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- but I will trustבָּטַחbâţach · to trustH982
Cross-references for Psalms 55:23
- Psalms 7:15He digs a pit and shovels it out. Then he falls into the hole that he made ⌞for others⌟.
- Psalms 58:9Let ⌞God⌟ sweep them away faster than a cooking pot is heated by burning twigs.
- Psalms 59:12⌞because of⌟ the sins from their mouths and the words on their lips. Let them be trapped by their own arrogance because they speak curses and lies.
- Proverbs 15:11If Sheol and Abaddon lie open in front of the Lord how much more the human heart!
- Proverbs 27:20Hell and decay are never satisfied, and a person’s eyes are never satisfied.
- Isaiah 38:17Now my bitter experience turns into peace. You have saved me and kept me from the rotting pit. You have thrown all my sins behind you.
- Psalms 5:6You destroy those who tell lies. The Lord is disgusted with bloodthirsty and deceitful people.
- 2 Samuel 3:27When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gateway as if to talk to him privately. There he stabbed Abner in the belly. Abner died because he spilled the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.
- 2 Samuel 20:9“How are you, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. He took hold of Amasa’s beard with his right hand to kiss him.
- 1 Kings 2:5“You know what Joab (Zeruiah’s son) did to me and to the two commanders of Israel’s army—Abner, son of Ner, and Amasa, son of Jether. Joab killed them. When there was peace, he shed blood as if it were wartime. With their blood he stained the belt around his waist and the shoes on his feet.
- Job 15:32It will happen before his time has come, and his branch will not become green.
- Proverbs 10:27The fear of the Lord lengthens ⌞the number of⌟ days, but the years of wicked people are shortened.
- Ecclesiastes 7:17Don’t be too wicked, and don’t be a fool. Why should you die before your time is up?
- Matthew 27:4He said, “I’ve sinned by betraying an innocent man.” They replied, “What do we care? That’s your problem.”
Commentaries on Psalms 55:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction - The Chaldee is emphatic: "And thou, O Lord, by thy Word (במימרך bemeymerach ) shalt thrust them into the deep gehenna, the bottomless pit, whence they shall never come out; the pit of destruction, where all is amazement, horror, anguish, dismay, ruin, endless loss, and endless suffering." Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days - So we find, if there be an appointed…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction - The word “them,” here evidently refers to the enemies of the psalmist; the wicked people who were arrayed against him, and who sought his life. The “pit of destruction” refers here to the grave, or to death, considered with reference to the fact that they would be “destroyed” or “cut off,” or would not die in the usual course of nature. The meaning is, that God would come forth in his…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-23Verses 16-23 In every trial let us call upon the Lord, and he will save us. He shall hear us, and not blame us for coming too often; the oftener the more welcome. David had thought all were against him; but now he sees there were many with him, more than he supposed; and the glory of this he gives to God, for it is he that raises us up friends, and makes them faithful to us. There are more true Christians, and believers have more real friends, than in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23To die young means missing out on God's full blessings (compare Proverbs 3:2, 16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. bloody ... days--(compare Psa 5:6; 51:14), deceit and murderous dispositions often united. The threat is directed specially (not as a general truth) against the wicked, then in the writer's view.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 55
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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