Psalms 55:15 (WEB)

Passage

Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is among them, in their dwelling.

Nearby Context

Psalms 55:13 But it was you, a man like me, my companion, and my familiar friend.

Psalms 55:14 We took sweet fellowship together. We walked in God’s house with company.

Psalms 55:15 Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is among them, in their dwelling.

Psalms 55:16 As for me, I will call on God. Yahweh will save me.

Psalms 55:17 Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "death", "come", "suddenly", "down", "alive", "sheol", "wickedness", and "dwelling". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "death" and "come", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "We took sweet fellowship together We walked..." into verse 16's "As for me I will call on...", so "death" and "come" 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 "come" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.