Psalms 55:15

Psalms 55:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
• New International Version (NIV)Let death take my enemies by surprise; let them go down alive to the realm of the dead, for evil finds lodging among them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let death steal over them; let them go down to Sheol alive; for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Let death seize them; Let them go down alive into hell, For wickedness is in their dwellings and among them.

Context of Psalms 55:15

13But it is you, a man like me, my close friend in whom I confided. 14We would share personal thoughts with each other; in God’s temple we would walk together among the crowd. May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst. 16As for me, I will call out to God, and the Lord will deliver me. 17During the evening, morning, and noontime I will lament and moan, and he will hear me.

Psalms 55:15 word by word

יַשִּׁ֤י מָ֨וֶת׀ עָלֵ֗ימוֹ יֵרְד֣וּ שְׁא֣וֹל חַיִּ֑ים כִּֽי־רָע֖וֹת בִּמְגוּרָ֣ם בְּקִרְבָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let deathמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194
• seizeיְשִׁימָהyeshîymâh · desolationH3451
• seizeנָשָׁאnâshâ' · to deceiveH5377
• let them go downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• quickחַיchay · aliveH2416
• into hellשְׁאוֹלshe'ôl she'ôl · hell: SheolH7585
• for wickednessרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• in their dwellingsמָגוֹרmâgûr mâgûr · sojourningH4033
• amongקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: inner partsH7130

Cross-references for Psalms 55:15

• Psalms 59:13Angrily wipe them out! Wipe them out so they vanish! Let them know that God rules in Jacob and to the ends of the earth! (Selah)
• Psalms 69:22May their dining table become a trap before them! May it be a snare for that group of friends!
• Psalms 109:6Appoint an evil man to testify against him! May an accuser stand at his right side!
• 2 Samuel 17:23When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and returned to his house in his hometown. After setting his household in order, he hanged himself. So he died and was buried in the grave of his father.
• 2 Samuel 18:9Then Absalom happened to come across David’s men. Now as Absalom was riding on his mule, it went under the branches of a large oak tree. His head got caught in the oak and he was suspended in midair, while the mule he had been riding kept going.
• Matthew 27:5So Judas threw the silver coins into the temple and left. Then he went out and hanged himself.
• Acts 1:18(Now this man Judas acquired a field with the reward of his unjust deed, and falling headfirst he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.
• Numbers 16:30But if the Lord does something entirely new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up along with all that they have, and they go down alive to the grave, then you will know that these men have despised the Lord!”
• Matthew 26:24The Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born.”
• Acts 1:25to assume the task of this service and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”
• Psalms 9:17The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol; this is the destiny of all the nations that ignore God,

Commentaries on Psalms 55:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Let death seize upon them - This is a prediction of the sudden destruction which should fall on the ringleaders in this rebellion. And it was so. Ahithophel, seeing his counsel rejected, hanged himself. Absalom was defeated; and, fleeing away, he was suspended by the hair in a tree, under which his mule had passed; and being found thus by Joab, he was despatched with three darts; and the people who espoused his interests were almost all cut off. They fell…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Let death seize upon them - This would be more correctly rendered, “Desolations (are) upon them!” That is, Desolation, or destruction will certainly come upon them. There is in the original no necessary expression of a wish or prayer that this might be, but it is rather the language of certain assurance - the expression of a fact - that such base conduct - such wickedness - would make their destruction certain; that as God is just, they must be…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-15Verses 9-15 No wickedness so distresses the believer, as that which he witnesses in those who profess to be of the church of God. Let us not be surprised at the corruptions and disorders of the church on earth, but long to see the New Jerusalem. He complains of one that had been very industrious against him. God often destroys the enemies of the church by dividing them. And an interest divided against itself cannot long stand. The true Christian must…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-20The psalmist's enemy used to be a friend. Remembering their close relationship causes him pain (see Psalm 31:11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. Let death, &c.--or, "Desolations are on them." let them go--literally, "they will go." quick--or, living in the midst of life, death will come (compare Nu 16:33). among them--or, "within them," in their hearts (Psa 5:9; 49:11).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 55:15

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Hell
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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