Psalms 55:23

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 15:32 : 32 Before his time he will be paid in full, and his branches will not flourish.
  • Ps 5:6 : 6 You destroy liars; the LORD despises violent and deceitful people.
  • Prov 10:27 : 27 Fearing the LORD prolongs life, but the life span of the wicked will be shortened.
  • Isa 38:17 : 17 “Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the Pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight.
  • Matt 27:4-5 : 4 saying,“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!” But they said,“What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!” 5 So Judas threw the silver coins into the temple and left. Then he went out and hanged himself.
  • 2 Sam 3:27 : 27 When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate as if to speak privately with him. Joab then stabbed him in the abdomen and killed him, avenging the shed blood of his brother Asahel.
  • 2 Sam 20:9-9 : 9 Joab said to Amasa,“How are you, my brother?” With his right hand Joab took hold of Amasa’s beard as if to greet him with a kiss. 10 Amasa did not protect himself from the knife in Joab’s other hand, and Joab stabbed him in the abdomen, causing Amasa’s intestines to spill out on the ground. There was no need to stab him again; the first blow was fatal. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bicri.
  • 1 Kgs 2:5-6 : 5 “You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me– how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. During peacetime he struck them down like he would in battle; when he shed their blood as if in battle, he stained the belt on his waist and the sandals on his feet. 6 Do to him what you think is appropriate, but don’t let him live long and die a peaceful death.
  • Prov 15:11 : 11 Death and Destruction are before the LORD– how much more the hearts of humans!
  • Prov 27:20 : 20 As Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of a person are never satisfied.
  • Eccl 7:17 : 17 Do not be excessively wicked and do not be a fool; otherwise you might die before your time.
  • Ps 7:15-16 : 15 he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made. 16 He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.
  • Ps 25:2 : 2 My God, I trust in you. Please do not let me be humiliated; do not let my enemies triumphantly rejoice over me!
  • Ps 58:9 : 9 Before the kindling is even placed under your pots, he will sweep it away along with both the raw and cooked meat.
  • Ps 59:12-13 : 12 They speak sinful words. So let them be trapped by their own pride and by the curses and lies they speak! 13 Angrily wipe them out! Wipe them out so they vanish! Let them know that God rules in Jacob and to the ends of the earth!(Selah)
  • Ps 73:18 : 18 Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.

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  • Ps 139:19
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    19If only you would kill the wicked, O God! Get away from me, you violent men!

  • Ps 73:18-19
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    18Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.

    19How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!

  • Jer 18:22-23
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    22Let cries of terror be heard in their houses when you send bands of raiders unexpectedly to plunder them. For they have virtually dug a pit to capture me and have hidden traps for me to step into.

    23But you, LORD, know all their plots to kill me. Do not pardon their crimes! Do not ignore their sins as though you had erased them! Let them be brought down in defeat before you! Deal with them while you are still angry!

  • Ps 5:10
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    10Condemn them, O God! May their own schemes be their downfall! Drive them away because of their many acts of insurrection, for they have rebelled against you.

  • Ps 55:22
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    22Throw your burden upon the LORD, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the godly to be shaken.

  • Ps 5:6
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    6You destroy liars; the LORD despises violent and deceitful people.

  • Ps 52:5
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    5Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living.(Selah)

  • Ps 56:6-7
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    6They stalk and lurk; they watch my every step, as they prepare to take my life.

    7Because they are bent on violence, do not let them escape! In your anger bring down the nations, O God!

  • Ps 55:15
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    15May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.

  • Ps 62:3-4
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    3How long will you threaten a man? All of you are murderers, as dangerous as a leaning wall or an unstable fence.

    4They spend all their time planning how to bring him down. They love to use deceit; they pronounce blessings with their mouths, but inwardly they utter curses.(Selah)

  • Ps 31:14
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    14But I trust in you, O LORD! I declare,“You are my God!”

  • Ps 56:13
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    13when you deliver my life from death. You keep my feet from stumbling, so that I might serve God as I enjoy life.

  • Ps 56:11
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    11in God I trust, I am not afraid. What can mere men do to me?

  • Isa 14:15
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    15But you were brought down to Sheol, to the remote slopes of the Pit.

  • Ps 63:9
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    9Enemies seek to destroy my life, but they will descend into the depths of the earth.

  • Ps 57:6
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    6They have prepared a net to trap me; I am discouraged. They have dug a pit for me. They will fall into it!(Selah)

  • Ezek 28:8
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    8They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die violently in the heart of the seas.

  • Ps 56:3-4
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    3When I am afraid, I trust in you.

    4In God– I boast in his promise– in God I trust, I am not afraid. What can mere men do to me?

  • Ps 36:12
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    12I can see the evildoers! They have fallen! They have been knocked down and are unable to get up!

  • Ps 94:23
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    23He will pay them back for their sin. He will destroy them because of their evil; the LORD our God will destroy them.

  • 2 Sam 22:48-49
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    48The one true God completely vindicates me; he makes nations submit to me.

    49He delivers me from my enemies; you snatch me away from those who attack me; you rescue me from violent men.

  • Ps 17:13
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    13Rise up, LORD! Confront him! Knock him down! Use your sword to rescue me from the wicked man!

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    11Do not strike them dead suddenly, because then my people might forget the lesson. Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down, O Lord who shields us!

  • Ps 59:2
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    2Deliver me from evildoers! Rescue me from violent men!

  • Job 30:23
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    23I know that you are bringing me to death, to the meeting place for all the living.

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    38Sinful rebels are totally destroyed; evil men have no future.

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    8Let destruction take them by surprise! Let the net they hid catch them! Let them fall into destruction!

  • Ps 86:14
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    14O God, arrogant men attack me; a gang of ruthless men, who do not respect you, seek my life.

  • Prov 1:12
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    12We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.

  • Ps 141:10
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    10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I escape.

  • Ps 140:4
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    4O LORD, shelter me from the power of the wicked! Protect me from violent men, who plan to knock me over.

  • Ps 37:40
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    40The LORD helps them and rescues them; he rescues them from evil men and delivers them, for they seek his protection.

  • Jer 12:3
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    3But you, LORD, know all about me. You watch me and test my devotion to you. Drag these wicked men away like sheep to be slaughtered! Appoint a time when they will be killed!

  • Ps 141:8
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    8Surely I am looking to you, O Sovereign LORD. In you I take shelter. Do not expose me to danger!

  • Ps 54:5
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    5May those who wait to ambush me be repaid for their evil! As a demonstration of your faithfulness, destroy them!

  • Ps 43:1
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    1Vindicate me, O God! Fight for me against an ungodly nation! Deliver me from deceitful and evil men!

  • Ps 26:9
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    9Do not sweep me away with sinners, or execute me along with violent people,

  • Ps 88:6
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    6You place me in the lowest regions of the Pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths.

  • Ezek 26:20
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    20then I will bring you down to bygone people, to be with those who descend to the Pit. I will make you live in the lower parts of the earth, among the primeval ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will not be inhabited or stand in the land of the living.

  • Ps 9:15
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    15The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.

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    3Do not trust in princes, or in human beings, who cannot deliver!

  • 2 Sam 22:28
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    28You deliver oppressed people, but you watch the proud and bring them down.

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    48He delivers me from my enemies; you snatch me away from those who attack me; you rescue me from violent men.

  • Ps 64:7
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    7But God will shoot at them; suddenly they will be wounded by an arrow.