John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 55:15

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Let death seize upon them, etc.] Ahithophel and his accomplices, Judas and the men with him; as a mighty man, as the king of terrors, and shake them to pieces. Or, “let him exact upon them” f725; as a creditor upon the debtor, and demand the debt of punishment for sin: or let him come upon them at an unawares; let them not die a natural, but a violent death. The Targum mentions Doeg and Ahithophel; [and] let them, go down quick into hell: as Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, went down quick or alive into the earth; so let these men die, and descend into the grave, in their full strength; and accordingly Absalom and Ahithophel died sudden and violent deaths, (<101723>2 Samuel 17:23 18:9); and so did Judas, (<402705>Matthew 27:5); and the beast and false prophet, another part of the antitype, will be taken and cast alive into the lake of fire, (<661920>Revelation 19:20); for wickedness [is] in their dwellings; and dwells in them; wherever they go or sojourn, this goes and abides with them, being the reigning principle in their hearts and lives; [and] among them; in the midst of them; their inward part is very wickedness. The Targum is, “in their bodies”. But rather the sense is, in their hearts; wickedness was both in their houses and in their hearts, and is the reason of the imprecation on them; which arises not from a revengeful spirit, but from a zeal for the glory of God; and is to be considered as a prophecy of what would be, and not to be drawn into an example for private Christians to act by.

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