Psalms 63:10
(63-11) They shall be hurled to the power of the sword; they shall be a portion for foxes.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.
In Context
9(63-10) But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the nethermost parts of the earth.
Cross References
1 Samuel 26:10And David said: 'As the LORD liveth, nay, but the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle, and be swept away.
Song of Solomon 2:15'Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom.'
Ezekiel 35:5Because thou hast had a hatred of old, and hast hurled the children of Israel unto the power of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time of the iniquity of the end;
Ezekiel 39:17And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD: Speak unto the birds of every sort, and to every beast of the field: Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to My feast that I do prepare for you, even a great feast, upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh and drink blood.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 63:8-11
Confidence in God; David Triumphing in Hope. 7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. 8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. 9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth. 10 They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes. 11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. David, having expressed… Read the whole commentary →