Psalms 63:9
7 For You are my help; I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings.
8 My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.
But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth.
10 They will fall to the power of the sword; they will become a portion for foxes.
11 But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth.
- KJV
- But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
- WEB
- But those who seek my soul to destroy it shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
- ASV
- But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
- DARBY
- But those that seek my soul, to destroy [it], shall go into the lower parts of the earth;
- BLB
- And those [who] seek my soul for desolation, they will go into the depths of the earth.
- ÅB
- Og de som står meg etter livet for å ødelegge det, de skal komme til jordens nederste dyp.
- OTB
- Men de som søker å skade mitt liv
Skal fare ned i jordens dyp. - B1930
- Og de som står mig efter livet for å ødelegge det, de skal komme til jordens nederste dyp.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 55:15
Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.
Read in contextPsalms 9:17
The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
Read in contextPsalms 40:14
May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
Read in context1 Samuel 25:29
And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
Read in contextIsaiah 14:19
But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.
Read in contextPsalms 86:13
For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.
Read in contextNumbers 16:30–33
But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”
Read in contextPsalms 35:4
May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
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