7699. 'And let Him remove from upon me this death only' means a plea that this falsity should not torment. This is clear from the meaning of 'that He may remove this death' as a plea that it should not torment; for 'death' means damnation and hell, 5407, 6119, and so also torment. The reason why those who molest beg to have this falsity taken away is that they no longer had any ability to reason against the truths of faith because they had been made devoid of those truths and were consequently in hellish gloom, which tormented them. For those in hell find no delight in using reasonings based on utter falsities, but they do find delight in using those based on truths falsified by means of illusions and appearances, see 7392.