Let death seize upon them, &c.— Death shall exact the debt with usury; they shall descend alive into hades. This version is from Cocceius; and Dr. Chandler well remarks, that it preserves the propriety of the original verb, and greatly adds to the force of the expression. The verb is in the future tense, and therefore should not be rendered as an execration; for it only points out what would be the punishment of such perfidy and wickedness. This was verified by the event, as Achitophel hanged himself, and went down as it were alive into hades.
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Psalms 55:15
15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell:c for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.