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Psalms 55:23

But you, God, will hurl them down to the deepest pit. Bloody and treacherous people will not live out half their days; but I will trust you.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

22Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you. He will never let the righteous be shaken.

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Cross References

Psalms 7:15a pit they have made and dug; but into the hole that they made they will fall.

Psalms 58:9Faster than a thorn-fire heats your pots, he will come with his tempest and sweep them away.

Psalms 66:9who keeps us in life, and keeps our feet from slipping.

Psalms 112:6For they will never be shaken; the just will be forever remembered.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 55:17-23

Confidence in God. 16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me. 17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. 18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me. 19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God. 20 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. 21 The… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

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