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Psalms 55:15

(55:16) Let him dispense death over them; let them go down alive into the nether world; for evil is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

In Context

14(55:15) So that we took sweet secret counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in tumultuous company.

16(55:17) I, however, will call on God: and the Lord will save me.

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Cross References

Numbers 16:30But if the Lord do create a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertaineth unto them, and they go down alive into the pit: then shall ye understand that these men have provoked the Lord.

2 Samuel 18:9And Abshalom happened to come before the servants of David. And Abshalom was riding upon a mule, and the mule came under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was left hanging between the heaven and the earth: and the mule that was under him passed on.

Psalms 9:17(9:18) The wicked shall return into hell, all the nations that are forgetful of God.

Psalms 64:7(64:8) But God shooteth at them suddenly [his] arrow;—[thence] are come their wounds.

Psalms 109:6Appoint thou a wicked man over him: and let an accuser stand at his right hand.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 55:10-16

Prophetic Imprecations. 9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city. 10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it. 11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. 12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: 13 But it was thou, a man… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

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