Psalm 55:23 {54:24}
Good News Translation
But you, O God, will bring those murderers and liars to their graves before half their life is over. As for me, I will trust in you.

New Revised Standard Version
But you, O God, will cast them down into the lowest pit; the bloodthirsty and treacherous shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.

Contemporary English Version
But what about those people who are cruel and brutal? You will throw them down into the deepest pit long before their time. I trust you, LORD!

New American Bible
But you, God, will bring them down to the pit of destruction. These bloodthirsty liars will not live half their days, but I put my trust in you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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, O Lord.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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, O Lord.

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Psalm 7:15,16 He hath opened a pit and dug it: and he is fallen into the hole he made. . . .

Psalm 58:9 Before your thorns could know the brier; he swalloweth them up, as alive, in his wrath.

Psalm 59:12,13 For the sin of their mouth, and the word of their lips: and let them be taken in their pride. And for their cursing and lying they shall be talked of, . . .

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Proverbs 15:11 Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more the hearts of the children of men?

Proverbs 27:20 Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.

Isaiah 38:17 Behold in peace is my bitterness most bitter: but thou hast delivered my soul that it should not perish, thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

Psalm 5:6 Thou hatest all the workers of iniquity: thou wilt destroy all that speak a lie. The bloody and the deceitful man the Lord will abhor.

2 Samuel 3:27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside to the middle of the gate, to speak to him treacherously: and he stabbed him there in the groin, and he died, in revenge of the blood of Asael his brother.

2 Samuel 20:9,10 And Joab said to Amasa: God save thee, my brother. And he took Amasa by the chin with his right hand to kiss him. . . .

1 Kings 2:5,6 Thou knowest also what Joab, the son of Sarvia, hath done to me, what he did to the two captains of the army of Israel, to Abner, the son of Ner, and to Amasa, the son of Jether: whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet. . . .

2 Samuel 3:27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside to the middle of the gate, to speak to him treacherously: and he stabbed him there in the groin, and he died, in revenge of the blood of Asael his brother.

2 Samuel 20:9,10 And Joab said to Amasa: God save thee, my brother. And he took Amasa by the chin with his right hand to kiss him. . . .

1 Kings 2:5,6 Thou knowest also what Joab, the son of Sarvia, hath done to me, what he did to the two captains of the army of Israel, to Abner, the son of Ner, and to Amasa, the son of Jether: whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet. . . .

Job 15:32 Before his days be full he shall perish: and his hands shall wither away.

Proverbs 10:27 The expectation of the just is joy: but the hope of the wicked shall perish.

Ecclesiastes 7:17 Be not overmuch wicked: and be not foolish, lest thou die before thy time.

Matthew 27:4,5 Saying: I have sinned in betraying innocent blood. But they said: What is that to us? Look thou to it. . . .

Context
Cast Your Burden upon the LORD
22Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall not suffer the just to waver for ever. 23But 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, O Lord.
Cross References
Job 15:32
Before his days be full he shall perish: and his hands shall wither away.

Psalm 5:6
Thou hatest all the workers of iniquity: thou wilt destroy all that speak a lie. The bloody and the deceitful man the Lord will abhor.

Psalm 17:13
Arise, O Lord, disappoint him and supplant him; deliver my soul from the wicked one; thy sword

Psalm 25:2
In thee, O my God, I put my trust; let me not be ashamed.

Psalm 35:8
Let the snare which he knoweth not come upon him: and let the net which he hath hidden catch him: and into that very snare let them fall.

Psalm 56:3
From the height of the day I shall fear: but I will trust in thee.

Psalm 56:7
For nothing shalt thou save them: in thy anger thou shalt break the people in pieces. O God,

Psalm 73:18
But indeed for deceits thou hast put it to them: when they were lifted up thou hast cast them down.

Psalm 94:13
That thou mayst give him rest from the evil days: till a pit be dug for the wicked.

Psalm 109:8
May his days be few: and his bishopric let another take.

Proverbs 10:27
The expectation of the just is joy: but the hope of the wicked shall perish.

Ecclesiastes 7:17
Be not overmuch wicked: and be not foolish, lest thou die before thy time.

Isaiah 38:17
Behold in peace is my bitterness most bitter: but thou hast delivered my soul that it should not perish, thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

Jeremiah 41:7
And when they were come to the midst of the city, Ismahel the son of Nathanias, slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he and the men that were with him.

Ezekiel 28:8
They shall kill thee, and bring thee down: and thou shalt die the death of them that are slain in the heart of the sea.

Habakkuk 2:17
For the iniquity of Libanus shall cover thee, and the ravaging of beasts shall terrify them because of the blood of men, and the iniquity of the land, and of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

Psalm 55:22
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