Psalm 55:23
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
בּוֹר
bôwr
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
שֶׁבֶר
sheber
a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
דָּם
dâm
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe...
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
חָיָה
châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
בָּטַח
bâṭach
figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
Key Terms in This Verse
דָּם dâm
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
Study H1818 →שֶׁבֶר sheber
a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
Study H7667 →חָיָה châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Study H2421 →יוֹם yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Study H3117 →Cross References
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
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