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 was thou, a man my equal, my guide, and my acquaintance. 14We took sweet counsel together, and walked to the house of God in company. Let death seize upon them, and let them go down alive into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. 16As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. 17Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.

Psalms 55:15 word by word

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

• deathמָ֫וֶתmâveth · deathH4194
• seizeנָשָׁאnâshâ' · to deceiveH5377
• seizeיְשִׁימָהyeshîymâh · desolationH3451
• downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• aliveחַיchay · aliveH2416
• hellשְׁאוֹלshe'ôl she'ôl · hell: SheolH7585
• wickednessרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• dwellingsמָגוֹרmâgûr mâgûr · sojourningH4033
• amongקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: inner partsH7130

Cross-references for Psalms 55:15

• Psalms 59:13Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be : and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob to the ends of the earth. Selah.
• Psalms 69:22Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
• Psalms 109:6Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
• 2 Samuel 17:23And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
• 2 Samuel 18:9And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught fast in the oak, and he was left hanging between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
• Matthew 27:5And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
• Acts 1:18Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
• Numbers 16:30But if the LORD shall make a new thing, and the earth shall open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain to them, and they go down alive into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.
• Matthew 26:24The Son of man goeth as it is written concerning him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
• Acts 1:25That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
• Psalms 9:17The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget 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
• Prayer

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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