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A Prophetic Judgment
Commentators clarify that this verse is not a model for personal revenge. Some scholars suggest it's better translated as a statement of fact: "Desolations are upon them." Others view it as a divinely inspired prayer, a prophecy of the just and certain ruin that awaits those who rebel against God. It is spoken from a place of zeal for God's glory, not personal malice.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 55:15
18th Century
Theologian
Let death seize upon them—This would be more correctly rendered, “Desolations (are) upon them!” This means that desolation, or dest…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 55:15
19th Century
Bishop
Let death. — According to the written text we should render desolations upon them. Here we have another sudden outburst of overmastering f…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 55:15
19th Century
Preacher
And this prayer also was heard, for Ahithephel was hanged with a rope, and Absalom without one; and their followers perished by thousands in the wo…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 55:15
16th Century
Theologian
Let death seize upon them. He now denounces the whole faction, not the nation generally, but those who had taken a prominent part in perse…
John Gill
On Psalms 55:15
17th Century
Pastor
Let death seize upon them
Ahithophel and his accomplices, Judas and the men with him; as a mighty man, as the king of terrors,…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 55:9–15
17th Century
Minister
No wickedness causes the believer so much distress as what he witnesses in those who profess to be part of the church of God. Let us not be surpris…