“Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.”
The prayer that God will bring down the bloodthirsty and deceitful to the pit articulates the petition for final judgment on those who have waged war against the righteous. The designation as bloodthirsty and deceitful establishes that the enemies are characterized by violence and falsehood; they live by principles opposite to God's truth and justice. The reference to the pit (grave, Sheol) indicates that the psalmist desires their complete destruction and removal from the world of the living. The shortened lifespan indicates that such people will not prosper or enjoy length of days; their wickedness will cut short their time. This verse petitions for final divine judgment.
Church Fathers on Psalms 55:22
1. Of this Psalm the title is: “At the end, in hymns, understanding to David himself.” What the “end” is, we will briefly call to your recollection, because you have known it. “For the end of the Law is Christ, for righteousness unto every man believing.” Romans 10:4 Be the attention therefore directed unto the End, directed unto Christ. Wherefore is He called the end? Because whatever we do, to Him we refer it, and when to Him we shall have come home, more to ask we shall…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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