Psalms 55:23

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Psalms 55:23


← Psalms 55:22 Psalms 55:23 (KJV) Psalms 56:1 →
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
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.
To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

But thou, O GodH430, shalt bring them downH3381 into the pitH875 of destructionH7845: bloodyH1818 and deceitfulH4820 menH582 shall not live out halfH2673 their daysH3117; but I will trustH982 in thee.


Original Hebrew

וְאַתָּה אֱלֹהִים ׀ תֹּורִדֵם ׀ לִבְאֵר שַׁחַת אַנְשֵׁי דָמִים וּמִרְמָה לֹא־יֶחֱצוּ יְמֵיהֶם וַאֲנִי אֶבְטַח־בָּךְ׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
וְ/אַתָּ֤ה
ve./'a.Tah H859 HC/Pp2ms and/ you
אֱלֹהִ֨ים
'E.lo.Him H430 HNcmpa O God
תּוֹרִדֵ֬/ם
to.ri.De/m H3381 HVhi2ms/Sp3mp you will bring down/ them
לִ/בְאֵ֬ר
li/v.'Er H875 HR/Ncfsc to/ (the) pit of
שַׁ֗חַת
Sha.chat H7845 HNcfsa (the) pit
אַנְשֵׁ֤י
'an.Shei H376 HNcmpc people of
דָמִ֣ים
da.Mim H1818 HNcmpa blood(s)
וּ֭/מִרְמָה
U./mir.mah H4820 HC/Ncfsa and/ deceit
לֹא
lo'- H3808 HTn not
יֶחֱצ֣וּ
ye.che.Tzu H2673 HVqi3mp they will divide in half
יְמֵי/הֶ֑ם
ye.mei./Hem H3117 HNcmpc/Sp3mp days/ their
וַ֝/אֲנִ֗י
va./'a.Ni H589 HC/Pp1cs and/ I
אֶבְטַח
'ev.tach- H982 HVqi1cs I will trust
בָּֽ/ךְ
Ba/kh HR/Sp2fs in (the)/ you
Strong's References
  • H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ (ʼĕlôwahh) H433; 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 deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
  • H582 — אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh, en-oshe'): from אָנַשׁ (ʼânash) H605; properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified אָדָם (ʼâdâm) H120); hence; a man in general (singly or collectively); another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. Compare אִישׁ (ʼîysh) H376.
  • H875 — בְּאֵר (bᵉʼêr, be-ayr'): from בָּאַר (bâʼar) H874; a pit; especially a well; pit, well.
  • H982 — בָּטַח (bâṭach, baw-takh'): a primitive root; properly, to hide for refuge (but not so precipitately as חָסָה (châçâh) H2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure; be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.
  • H1818 — דָּם (dâm, dawm): from דָּמַם (dâmam) H1826 (compare אָדַם (ʼâdam) H119); 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); blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.
  • H2673 — חָצָה (châtsâh, khaw-tsaw'): a primitive root (compare זֵד (zêd) H2086); to cut or split in two; to halve; divide, [idiom] live out half, reach to the midst, part
  • H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; 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); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
  • H3381 — יָרַד (yârad, yaw-rad'): a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications); [idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
  • H4820 — מִרְמָה (mirmâh, meer-maw'): from רָמָה (râmâh) H7411 in the sense of deceiving; fraud; craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.
  • H7845 — שַׁחַת (shachath, shakh'-ath): from שׁוּחַ (shûwach) H7743; a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction; corruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh) H582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh) H802.
  • H589 — אֲנִי (ʼănîy, an-ee'): contracted from אָנֹכִי (ʼânôkîy) H595; I; I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.
  • H859 — אַתָּה (ʼattâh, at-taw'): or (shortened); אַתָּ (ʼattâ); or אַת (ʼath); feminine (irregular) sometimes אַתִּי (ʼattîy); plural masculine אַתֶּם (ʼattem); feminine אַתֶּן (ʼatten); or אַתֵּנָה (ʼattênâh); or אַתֵּנָּה (ʼattênnâh); a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you; thee, thou, ye, you.
  • H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא (lôwʼ); or לֹה (lôh); (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

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