Psalms 55:15 (GNV)

Passage

Let death sense vpon them: let them goe downe quicke into the graue: for wickednes is in their dwellings, euen in the middes of them.

Nearby Context

Psalms 55:13 But it was thou, O man, euen my companion, my guide and my familiar:

Psalms 55:14 Which delited in consulting together, and went into the House of God as companions.

Psalms 55:15 Let death sense vpon them: let them goe downe quicke into the graue: for wickednes is in their dwellings, euen in the middes of them.

Psalms 55:16 But I will call vnto God, and the Lord will saue me.

Psalms 55:17 Euening and morning, and at noone will I pray, and make a noyse, and he wil heare my voice.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "death", "sense", "vpon", "downe", "quicke", "graue", "wickednes", and "dwellings". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "death" and "sense", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "Which delited in consulting together and went..." into verse 16's "But I will call vnto God and...", so "death" and "sense" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "death" and "sense" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.