Psalms 55:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloodyf and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee. ”

Psalms 55:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction - The word “them,” here evidently refers to the enemies of the psalmist; the wicked people who were arrayed against him, and who...
Psalms 55:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out (r) half their days; but I will trust in thee. (r) Though they sometimes live longer,...
Psalms 55:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LV. A Prayer for Deliverance from Treacherous Foes. Psalms 55:1-11 . The Psalmist tells God of his disquiet and terror. His desire to flee from Jerusalem to the wilderness. Psalms 55:12-15 ....
Psalms 55:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bloody and deceitful men . men of bloods and deceit. Genitive of Character. Hebrew bloods. great bloodshed. half their days. Referring to Absalom's untimely death. trust . confide. Hebrew. bat...
Psalms 55:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

23 Thou, O God! shalt cast them into the pit of corruption. He returns to speak of his enemies, designing to show the very different end which awaits them, from that which may be expected by...
Psalms 55:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into...
Psalms 55:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Bloody and deceitful men shall not l...
Psalms 55:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The author of this Ps. can hardly be David, for he speaks as a citizen of a distracted city rather than as its king, and the friend of whom he complains is his equal and not his subject. There is rea...
Psalms 55:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 55:1-23 THE situation of the psalmist has a general correspondence with that of David in the period of Absalom's rebellion, and the identification of the traitorous friend with Ahithophel i...
Psalms 55:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Friends May Forsake, but God Abideth Psalms 55:12-23 The streets and open spaces of the city were filled with conspirators. Violence, strife, deceit, and oppression trampled the virtuous and he...
Psalms 55:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the outcry of a man of faith in sore peril. The emotional nature is moved to its very center, and tides of deep feeling surge through his soul. He has been cruelly betrayed by his familiar fr...
Psalms 55:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here is another view of the enemies of David; and still more so of the enemies of David's Lord. How smooth were the words of Judas when he said, Hail, Master! and kissed him. But how was the prophecy...
Psalms 55:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But thou, O God, shall bring them down ,.... Ahithophel and his accomplices in the conspiracy against David, Judas and the wicked Jews concerned in Christ's death; and did not believe in him; into...
Psalms 55:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 23. But thou, O God, shalt bring the...
Psalms 55:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou shalt bring them My wicked enemies, of whom I have hitherto spoken; down into the pit of destruction Not only to the dust, but to hell, called destruction, Job 26:6 . God afflicted them,...
Psalms 55:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Confidence in God. 16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the L ORD shall save me. 17 Evening, and morning, and at...
Psalms 55:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Shalt bring them down; my wicked enemies, of whom I have hitherto spoken. Bloody and deceitful men; that colour their cruel intentions with specious and deceitful pretences; which are most hate...
Psalms 55:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David Now Exhorts All Who Hear These Words To Do What He Does, By Casting Their Burden On YHWH, With The Assurance That He Can Be Trusted And Will Certainly Sustain The Righteous ( Psalms 55:22-23 )...
Psalms 55:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ To the Chief Musician on Neginoth .” See introduction to Psalms 54 “ Maschil ,” an instruction. Hengstenberg: “The Psalmist wishes to show how, in such a situation...
Psalms 55:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 55:6 . Oh that I had wings like a dove, to outfly the hawks which seek my life. The Latin reads, Who will give me wings like a dove? But the English is preferable, as uttering the heart bef...
Psalms 55:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my supplication. The compassionable, the commendable, and the censurable in life I. The compassionable. David appears here an object for...
Psalms 55:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS psalm has been assigned to Jeremiah by Hitzig, and by others to an unknown writer of the seventh century b.c. But no solid grounds have been shown for setting aside the tradi...
Psalms 55:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Complaint of False Friends. To the chief musician on Neginoth, to be rendered with the accompaniment of stringed instruments in public worship, Maschil, a psalm of David.
Psalms 55:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 2:5 ; 1 Kings 2:6 ; 2 Samuel 20:10 ; 2 Samuel 20:9 ; 2 Samuel 3:27 ; Ecclesiastes 7:17 ; Isaiah 38:17 ; Job 15:32 ; Matthew 27:4 ; Matthew 27:5 ; Proverbs 10:27 ; Proverbs 15:11 ;...
Psalms 55:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Them — The wicked. Not live — But shall be cut off by an untimely and violent death. Trust in thee — And in this confidence I will quietly wait for deliverance.

Psalms 55:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 55:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 55:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 55:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 55:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 55:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 55:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 55:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 55:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 55:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 55:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 55:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 55:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 55:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 55:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 55:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 55:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 55:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 55:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 55:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 55:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 55:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 55:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 55:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 55:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes