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psalms 55:23 But Thou, O God, wilt bring them down to the pit of destruction; Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in Thee.
23. bloody . . . days--(compare
Ps 5:6; 51:14),
deceit and murderous dispositions often united. The threat is directed
specially (not as a general truth) against the wicked, then in the
writer's view.