Tree of Life Version
Psalms 63:9
9My soul clings to You— Your right hand upholds me.
Psalms 63:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
- New International Version (NIV)Those who want to kill me will be destroyed; they will go down to the depths of the earth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But those who seek to destroy my life shall go down into the depths of the earth;
- New King James Version (NKJV)But those who seek my life, to destroy it, Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
Context of Psalms 63:9
7When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You through the night watches. 8For You have been my help, and in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy. My soul clings to You— Your right hand upholds me. 10But those who seek my soul to destroy it will go down to the depths of the earth. 11They will be gutted by the sword, and become a prey for jackals.
Read all of Psalms 63Psalms 63:9 word by word
וְהֵ֗מָּה לְ֭שׁוֹאָה יְבַקְשׁ֣וּ נַפְשִׁ֑י יָ֝בֹ֗אוּ בְּֽתַחְתִּיּ֥וֹת הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 63:9
- Psalms 35:4May those who seek my life be ashamed and disgraced. May they be turned back and humiliated —those who plot evil against me.
- Psalms 38:12My friends and my companions stay away from my wound, and my kinsmen stand far off.
- Psalms 40:14Adonai, please deliver me! Adonai, come quickly to help me!
- Psalms 70:2O God, come quickly to deliver me, Adonai, to help me.
- 1 Samuel 25:29If anyone rises to pursue you and seek your life, then let my lord’s life be bound up in the bundle of the living—with Adonai your God. But let the soul of your enemies be hurled away as from the hollow of a sling.
- Psalms 9:17Adonai is known for executing judgment. The wicked one is trapped in the work of his own hands. Selah
- Psalms 55:15Together we enjoyed great fellowship. We used to walk with the throng in the House of God.
- Psalms 86:13For great is Your lovingkindness toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest part of Sheol.
- Numbers 16:30But if Adonai brings about a new thing, and the earth opens her mouth and swallows them and everything that is theirs, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have despised Adonai.”
- 1 Samuel 28:19Moreover, Adonai will also give the Israelites who are with you into the hand of the Philistines. Tomorrow you and your sons will be with me! Yes, Adonai will give the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.”
- Job 40:13Hide them together in the dust bind their faces in the hidden place.
- Isaiah 14:9Sheol from below is excited about you, to meet you at your coming! He stirs up the dead spirits for you, even the chief ones of the earth. He makes all the kings of the nations rise up from their thrones.
- Isaiah 14:19But you are cast out of your tomb as a discarded branch, garment of the slain, pierced with a sword, dumped into a stony pit, a corpse trodden underfoot.
- Ezekiel 32:18“Son of man, wail over Egypt’s throng. Bring them down —her and the daughters of lofty nations, to the underworld, to those who go down to the pit.
- Acts 1:25to take the position in this office as emissary, from which Judah turned aside to go to his own place.”
Commentaries on Psalms 63:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Lower parts of the earth - They are appointed, in the just judgment of God, to destruction; they shall be slain and buried in the earth, and shall be seen no more. Some understand the passage as referring to the punishment of hell; which many supposed to be in the center of the earth. So the old Psalter, - Thai sall entir in till lagher pine of hell. Lahher or laigher, lower, undermost.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9But those that seek my soul to destroy it - Who seek my life; who endeavor to kill me. This language would well describe the purposes of Absalom and his followers. Shall go into the lower parts of the earth - Shall descend into the earth; into the deepest graves. He would live; but they would perish.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-11Verses 7-11 True Christians can, in some measure, and at some times, make use of the strong language of David, but too commonly our souls cleave to the dust. Having committed ourselves to God, we must be easy and pleased, and quiet from the fear of evil. Those that follow hard after God, would soon fail, if God's right hand did not uphold them. It is he that strengthens us and comforts us. The psalmist doubts not but that though now sowing in tears, he…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9The wicked planned to ruin the psalmist's life with lies and deceit, but they would fail. the depths of the earth: This refers to the place of the dead.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-109-10. those ... to destroy it--or literally, "to ruin," or, "for ruin"; that is, such as seek to injure me (are) for ruin, appointed to it (compare Psa 35:8). shall go ... earth--into the grave, or, to death; as their bodies are represented as a portion for--Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Psalms 63
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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