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Psa. 55:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quickg into ηhell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

Num. 16:30‑32• ³⁰But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.
³¹And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:
³²And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. (Num. 16:30‑32)

or, the grave.

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Let death, etc.Or, rather, "Death shall seize on them; they shall descend quickly into the grave;" which is a prediction of the sudden destruction which befell the ringleaders of this unnatural rebellion.

Psa. 59:13• ¹³Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah. (Psa. 59:13)

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Psa. 69:22‑28• ²²Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
²³Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
²⁴Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
²⁵Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
²⁶For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
²⁷Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.
²⁸Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous. (Psa. 69:22‑28)

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Psa. 109:6‑20• ⁶Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
⁷When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
⁸Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
⁹Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
¹⁰Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
¹¹Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labor.
¹²Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children.
¹³Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
¹⁴Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
¹⁵Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
¹⁶Because that he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
¹⁷As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
¹⁸As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
¹⁹Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
²⁰Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord, and of them that speak evil against my soul. (Psa. 109:6‑20)

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2 Sam. 17:23• ²³And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. (2 Sam. 17:23)

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2 Sam. 18:9,14• ⁹And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
¹⁴Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak. (2 Sam. 18:9,14)

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Matt. 27:5• ⁵And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. (Matt. 27:5)

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Acts 1:18‑20• ¹⁸Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
¹⁹And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
²⁰For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take. (Acts 1:18‑20)

them.

Num. 16:30‑34• ³⁰But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.
³¹And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:
³²And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
³³They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.
³⁴And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. (Num. 16:30‑34)

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Matt. 26:24• ²⁴The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born. (Matt. 26:24)

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Acts 1:25• ²⁵That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. (Acts 1:25)

hell.

or, the grave.

Psa. 9:17• ¹⁷The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. (Psa. 9:17)

• For this wicked man, and those associated with him, the psalmist predicts a sudden and overwhelming judgment (Rev. 19:20). (“Psalms 55” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

Let death seize upon theme, let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwellings, in their midst.

JND Translation Notes

Some read "Desolation be upon them!"