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Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
Let death seize upon them—This would be more correctly rendered, “Desolations (are) upon them!” This means that desolation, or dest…
19th Century
Anglican
Let death. — According to the written text we should render desolations upon them. Here we have another sudden outburst of overmastering f…
Baptist
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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16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let death seize upon them Ahithophel and his accomplices, Judas and the men with him; as a mighty man, as the king of terrors,…
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…
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13th Century
Catholic
Hear, O God, my prayer, and do not despise my supplication.
Previously, the psalmist showed the insults of his enemies ag…
