King James Version
Psalms 63:9 in the King James Version says “But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 63 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.”
Psalms 63:9 · KJV
Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“But those that seek”
H1245to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
“my soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“into the lower parts”
H8482lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)
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