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Psalms 63:9

Those who are trying to kill me will be destroyed. They will go down to their graves.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Earth;   Lower Parts of the Earth;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Fox;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Depths;   Earth, Land;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Descent into Hades;   Psalms;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Hell ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - God;   Psalms the book of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Destroy;   Earth;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bible, the;   Eschatology of the Old Testament (with Apocryphal and Apocalyptic Writings);   Fox;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
But those plotting to destroy me will come to ruin. They will go down into the depths of the earth.
English Revised Version
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
Update Bible Version
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
New Century Version
Some people are trying to kill me, but they will go down to the grave.
New English Translation
Enemies seek to destroy my life, but they will descend into the depths of the earth.
Webster's Bible Translation
But those [that] seek my soul to destroy [it], shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
World English Bible
But those who seek my soul, to destroy it, Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
Amplified Bible
But those who seek my life to destroy it Will [be destroyed and] go into the depths of the earth [into the underworld].
English Standard Version
But those who seek to destroy my life shall go down into the depths of the earth;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe thei souyten in veyn my lijf, thei schulen entre in to the lower thingis of erthe;
Berean Standard Bible
But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth.
Contemporary English Version
All who want to kill me will end up in the ground.
American Standard Version
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
Bible in Basic English
But those whose desire is my soul's destruction will go down to the lower parts of the earth.
Complete Jewish Bible
my heart clings to you; your right hand supports me.
Darby Translation
But those that seek my soul, to destroy [it], shall go into the lower parts of the earth;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
My soul cleaveth unto Thee; Thy right hand holdeth me fast.
King James Version (1611)
But those that seeke my soule to destroy it, shall goe into the lower parts of the earth.
New Life Bible
But those who want to take my life and destroy it will go deep into the earth.
New Revised Standard
But those who seek to destroy my life shall go down into the depths of the earth;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore they that seeke my soule to destroy it, they shall goe into the lowest partes of the earth.
George Lamsa Translation
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
Good News Translation
Those who are trying to kill me will go down into the world of the dead.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
When, they, to crush it, would seek my life, They shall go into the lower parts of the earth:
Douay-Rheims Bible
(62-10) But they have fought my soul in vain, they shall go into the lower parts of the earth:
Revised Standard Version
But those who seek to destroy my life shall go down into the depths of the earth;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
My soule cleaueth fast vnto thee: thy right hande hath vpholden me.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But they vainly sought after my soul; they shall go into the lowest parts o the earth.
Christian Standard Bible®
But those who intend to destroy my lifewill go into the depths of the earth.
Hebrew Names Version
But those who seek my soul, to destroy it, Shall go into the lower parts of the eretz.
King James Version
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
Lexham English Bible
But as for them who seek my life for ruin, they will go into the depths of the earth.
Literal Translation
And those who seek to destroy my life shall go into the depths of the earth.
Young's Literal Translation
And they who for desolation seek my soul, Go in to the lower parts of the earth.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
My soule hangeth vpon the, thy right honde vpholdeth me.
THE MESSAGE
Those who are out to get me are marked for doom, marked for death, bound for hell. They'll die violent deaths; jackals will tear them limb from limb. But the king is glad in God; his true friends spread the joy, While small-minded gossips are gagged for good.
New American Standard Bible
But those who seek my life to destroy it, Will go into the depths of the earth.
New King James Version
But those who seek my life, to destroy it, Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But those who seek my life to destroy it, Will go into the depths of the earth.
Legacy Standard Bible
But those who seek my life to destroy it,Will go into the depths of the earth.

Contextual Overview

7 That is because you are the one who helps me. It makes me happy to be under your protection! 8 I stay close to you, and you hold me with your powerful arm. 9 Those who are trying to kill me will be destroyed. They will go down to their graves. 10 They will be killed with swords. Wild dogs will eat their dead bodies. 11 But the king will be happy with his God, and those who promised to obey him will praise him when he defeats those liars.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

seek: Psalms 35:4, Psalms 35:26, Psalms 38:12, Psalms 40:14, Psalms 70:2, 1 Samuel 25:29

go: Psalms 9:17, Psalms 55:15, Psalms 55:23, Psalms 86:13, Numbers 16:30-33, 1 Samuel 28:19, Job 40:13, Isaiah 14:9, Isaiah 14:15, Isaiah 14:19, Isaiah 14:19, Ezekiel 32:18-32, Acts 1:25

Reciprocal: Joshua 10:25 - Fear not 2 Samuel 4:8 - sought 2 Samuel 18:9 - taken up Psalms 139:15 - in the lowest Ezekiel 31:14 - the nether Matthew 12:40 - in the heart Ephesians 4:9 - the lower

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But those [that] seek my soul to destroy it,.... Meaning his life; for as for his soul, that was immaterial and immortal, and could never be destroyed by man: but as for his natural life, his enemies laid snares for that, and sought to take it away, and nothing less would satisfy them;

shall go into the lower parts of the earth; not the grave, whither the righteous go as well as the wicked; besides, by their being the portion of foxes, as follows, it seems that they should have no burial; but hell is meant, the bottomless pit. Some take it to be a prayer, as Kimchi and Ben Melech; "may they go", or "let them go", &c. see

Psalms 55:15. The allusion may be thought to be to the death of Korah and his company.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But 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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 63:9. Lower 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 centre of the earth. So the old Psalter, - Thai sall entir in till lagher pine of hell. Lahher or laigher, lower, undermost.


 
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