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Psalm 55:23

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55:23But you, O God, will bring them48 down to the deep Pit.49

Violent and deceitful people50 will not live even half a normal lifespan.51

But as for me, I trust in you.

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Footnotes

  1. 48 The pronominal suffix refers to the psalmist’s enemies (see v. 19).
  2. 49 Heb “well of the pit.” The Hebrew term שַׁחַת (shakhat, “pit”) is often used as a title for Sheol (see Pss 16:10; 30:9; 49:9; 103:4).
  3. 50 Heb “men of bloodshed and deceit.”
  4. 51 Heb “will not divide in half their days.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But you, O God, will cast them down

into the pit of destruction;

men of blood and treachery

shall not live out half their days.

But I will trust in you.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But you, God, will bring down the wicked

into the pit of decay;

the bloodthirsty and deceitful

will not live out half their days.

But as for me, I trust in you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

God, you will bring them down

to the Pit of destruction;

men of bloodshed and treachery

will not live out half their days.

But I will trust in you.

NLTNew Living Translation

But you, O God, will send the wicked

down to the pit of destruction.

Murderers and liars will die young,

but I am trusting you to save me.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But you, O God, you will bring them down to the pit of corruption.

The men of bloodshed and deceit will not live half their days,

but I will trust you.

KJV 1900King 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.