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Psalms 55:23

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.

KJV

But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.

ASV

הַשְׁלֵ֤ךְ עַל יְהוָ֨ה יְהָבְ/ךָ֮ וְ/ה֪וּא יְכַ֫לְכְּלֶ֥/ךָ לֹא יִתֵּ֖ן לְ/עוֹלָ֥ם מ֗וֹט לַ/צַּדִּֽיק

Hebrew

And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I--I do trust in Thee!

YLT

But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הוּ
hv
verb · 125×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִמּֽוֹט
ymvt
verb · 39×
ךָ
k
verb · 37×
ךָ֮
k
pronoun · 1×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עוֹלָֽם
'vlm
noun · 427×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 1:18 — Now 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.
  • Eccl 7:17 — Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
  • Eccl 7:17 — Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
  • Exod 23:26 — There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
  • Hab 2:17 — For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
  • Isa 38:17 — Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
  • Jer 17:11 — As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
  • Jer 41:7 — And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with him.
  • Job 15:32 — It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
  • Job 15:32 — It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
  • Job 22:16 — Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
  • Job 36:6 — He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
  • Job 36:14 — They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
  • Matt 26:24 — The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
  • Matt 26:52 — Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
  • Prov 1:18 — And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
  • Prov 10:27 — The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
  • Prov 10:27 — The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
  • Ps 5:6 — Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
  • Ps 5:6 — Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
  • Ps 7:15 — He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
  • Ps 37:9 — For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
  • Ps 56:7 — Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.
  • Ps 59:2 — Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
  • Ps 63:9 — But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
  • Ps 68:21 — But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
  • Ps 73:18 — Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
  • Ps 73:18 — Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
  • Ps 94:13 — That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
  • Ps 94:23 — And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
  • Ps 109:8 — Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
  • Ps 139:19 — Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
  • Ps 140:10 — Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
  • Ps 143:12 — And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
  • Ps 147:6 — The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.