Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsLet death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.
Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.
Desolations are upon them, They go down to Sheol--alive, For wickedness is in their dwelling, in their midst.
Let death seize upon them, let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwellings, in their midst.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentPsalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.
- Author
- David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
- Date
- Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.