Psalms 63:9
When, they, to crush it, would seek my life, They shall go into the lower parts of the earth:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
In Context
8My soul hath run clinging to thee, On me, hath thy right hand laid hold.
10Every one shall be given up into the power of the sword, The portion of jackals, shall they become.
Cross References
Numbers 16:30But, if, a creation, Yahweh create, and the ground open wide her mouth and swallow them up, with all that pertain unto them, and so they go down alive unto hades, then shall ye know, that these men have despised Yahweh.
1 Samuel 28:19that Yahweh may deliver, Israel also, with thee, into the hand of the Philistines, and, to-morrow, thou and thy sons with thee are about to fall,—the host of Israel also, will Yahweh deliver, into the hand of the Philistines.
Psalms 9:17The lawless, shall return, to hades, all nations forgetful of God.
Psalms 35:4Let them be ashamed and confounded, who are seeking my life,—Let them turn back and be put to the blush, who are devising my hurt:
Psalms 38:12Yea they who are seeking my life, have laid snares, and they who are asking my harm, have threatened engulfing ruin, And, deceitful things—all day long, do they mutter.
Psalms 55:15Desolations on them! Let them go down into hades alive, For, wicked doings, are at home within them.
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 →