Psalms 55:23
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.
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Study Note
The confident closing declaration — 'but you, O God, will cast them down into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in you' — pivots Psalm 55's extended lament about betrayal by a close companion (verse 13-14) toward confident faith in divine judgment. The psalm's most poignant verse (13-14) identifies the enemy as a covenant companion with whom the psalmist had shared sweet fellowship in the temple, making the betrayal a quasi-Judas figure that the New Testament will apply to the betrayal of Jesus. The closing 'but I will trust in you' (va'ani evtach-bach) forms a personal contrast to the fate of the treacherous: while they are cut down, the psalmist's trust in God constitutes the alternative to retaliation. The verse models the transition from imprecation to trust that characterizes healthy lament psalmody.
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But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.
And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I--I do trust in Thee!
But you, O God, will send them down into the underworld; the cruel and the false will be cut off before half their days are ended; but I will have faith in you.
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