What Does Psalms 55:23 Mean?

thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you

“But thou O God”

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

“shalt bring them down”

to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau

“into the pit”

a pit; especially a well

“of destruction”

a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction

“men”

properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified h0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)

“bloody”

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

“and deceitful”

fraud

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“shall not live out half”

to cut or split in two; to halve

“their days”

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

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“but I will trust”

properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as h2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure