King James Version
Psalms 63:10 in the King James Version says “They shall fall by the sword : they shall be a portion for foxes. They shall fall: Heb. They shall make him run out like...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 63 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They shall fall by the sword : they shall be a portion for foxes. They shall fall: Heb. They shall make him run out like water by the hands of”
Psalms 63:10 · KJV
My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
They shall fall by the sword : they shall be a portion for foxes. They shall fall: Heb. They shall make him run out like water by the hands of
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.
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“They shall fall”
H5064to flow; figuratively, to stretch out; causatively, to pour out or down; figuratively, to deliver over
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“by the sword”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
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