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Psalms 55:23 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Psalms 55:23Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 55:2311 words
HebrewMeaning
הַשְׁלֵ֤ךְhašəlēkə
castverbH7993
cast (away · down · forth · off ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
יְהוָ֨הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
יְהָבְ/ךָ֮yəhābəkā
burden yournounH3053
וְ/ה֪וּאwəhwʾ
and heconjH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
יְכַ֫לְכְּלֶ֥/ךָyəkaləkəlekā
he will sustain youverbH3557
can) abide · bear · comprehend · contain ···
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִתֵּ֖ןyitēn
he will permitverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
לְ/עוֹלָ֥םləʿwōlām
for everpronH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
מ֗וֹטmwōṭ
to shakeverbH4131
cast · be out of course · be fallen in decay · exceedingly ···
לַ/צַּדִּֽיקlaṣadiyq
to the righteouspronH6662
lawful · righteous
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 55:23

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…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 55 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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