Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Psalms 63:10
They shall fall by the sword, whose hand or edge would dispose of them quickly; they shall be a portion for foxes, a prey of jackals, the wilderness scavengers of the Orient.
They shall fall by the sword, whose hand or edge would dispose of them quickly; they shall be a portion for foxes, a prey of jackals, the wilderness scavengers of the Orient.
Verse Psalms 63:10. _THEY SHALL FALL BY THE SWORD_] _They shall be poured out_ _by the hand of the sword_, Heb. That is, their life's blood shall be shed either in war, or by the hand of justice. _T...
THEY SHALL FALL BY THE SWORD - Margin, They shall make him run out like water by the hands of the sword. The word rendered in the text “they shall fall,” and in the margin “they shall make him run out...
Psalms 63 Heart Longings _ 1. To see Thy power and glory (Psalms 63:1)_ 2. Satisfied longings (Psalms 63:5) A Psalm of David when he was an outcast in the wilderness of Judah. Thus it fits in well...
LXIII. Written by one who has seen God's glory in the Temple and resolved to praise Him all his life. He is confident his enemies will perish. Psalms 63:11 refers to a Hebrew king, possibly Maccabean...
FOXES. jackals....
_They shall fall_&c. Lit., They shall give him over (lit. _pour him out_) to the power of the sword (Jeremiah 18:21; Ezekiel 35:5). The active verb with indefinite subject is practically equivalent to...
While his enemies come to an ignominious end, the king emerges from the struggle, triumphant over all opposition....
THEY SHALL FALL, &C.— _Their blood shall gush out by the edge of the sword._ The verb properly signifies the boiling of water in a pot; when, through the violence of the heat, it is thrown out of it:...
PSALMS 63 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Banished Soul, Athirst for God, Anticipates Satisfaction and Vindication. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 63:1, The Psalmist Avows and Describes his Longing for God. Stanza...
_WHEN I REMEMBER THEE UPON MY BED, AND MEDITATE ON THEE IN THE NIGHT WATCHES._ -Second strophe. His hearty desire after God even now in his banishment, whence follows the confident hope of the destru...
Title.—A PSALM OF DAVID, WHEN HE WAS IN THE WILDERNESS OF JUDAH. The writer of this Ps. is a king (Psalms 63:11), who is at a distance from the sanctuary, and in danger from eager foes. If the title b...
FOXES] jackals....
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
SHALL FALL. — See margin. But more literally, _they shall pour him on to the hands of the sword,_ where the suffix _him_ is collective of the enemy, and the meaning is, “they shall be given over to th...
_[Psalms 63:11]_ יַגִּירֻ֥הוּ עַל ־יְדֵי ־חָ֑רֶב מְנָ֖ת...
Psalms 63:1 IF the psalmist is allowed to speak, he gives many details of his circumstances in his song. He is in a waterless and weary land, excluded from the sanctuary, followed by enemies seeking...
THE LONGING SOUL ABUNDANTLY SATISFIED Psalms 63:1 Ever since the third century this has been the morning song of the Church. The superscription tells us that it was written in the wilderness of Judah...
Here the conviction which has been the inspiration of the two previous psalms reaches a consummation of expression. The song can hardly be divided, for it runs on in a continuous outpouring of praise....
(f) They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes. (f) He prophecies of the destruction of Saul and they who take his part, whose bodies will not be buried but be devoured with wild...
_Afraid, at the sight of God's judgments on the Babylonians, &c. (Calmet)_...
Though we may allow a view to be taken of David's own history in those words, for Saul, and the other foes of David, which did perish by the sword, (1 Samuel 31:4) yet we must look farther to behold t...
If Psalms 61 has been the cry of depression, Psalms 62 the confidence and encouragement of trust in God, Psalms 63 is the longing of the soul, still as cast out and far from the sanctuary (so we can s...
THEY SHALL FALL BY THE SWORD,.... As Saul, his sons, and mighty men, did, 1 Samuel 31:4; or, "they shall make him pour out" u; that is, his blood, "by the hands" or "[means] of the sword"; meaning eit...
They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes. Ver. 10. _They shall fall by the sword_] Heb. They shall make him run out (like water) by the hand of the sword. A plain prophecy of S...
_But those that seek my soul_, &c. That seek to take away my life; _shall go into the lower parts of the earth_ Into the grave; and, if they repent not, into hell. God shall cut them off, and send the...
THEY SHALL FALL BY THE SWORD: _ Heb._ They shall make him run out like water by the hands of the sword...
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 ea...
THEY SHALL FALL BY THE SWORD, i.e. die in battle, as David foretold, 1 SAMUEL 26:10, and as was accomplished in Saul and his followers, who were David's greatest enemies, 1SA 31. THEY SHALL BE A PORTI...
Psalms 63:10 fall H5064 (H8686) sword H3027 H2719 portion H4521 jackals H7776 They shall fall -...
BECAUSE, FROM DEEP WITHIN HIM, HE FOLLOWS HARD AFTER GOD, GOD'S RIGHT HAND UPHOLDS HIM, SO THAT THOSE WHO ARE SEEKING TO DESTROY HIM WILL THEMSELVES BE DESTROYED (PSALMS 63:8). From David's inner tho...
Psalms 63:1 This Psalm, with its passion of love and mystic rapture, is a monument for us of how the writer's sorrows had brought to him a closer union with God, as our sorrows may do for us, like som...
A Psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah, exiled, ill at ease, hunted, exposed to danger. Yet he could sing. And some of the sweetest Psalms came out of the bitterest afflictions. God's...
I will read the 63 rd Psalm first, as somewhat representing the state of heart into which I would we could all come tonight. Psalms 63:1. _O God, thou art my God;_ Read that sentence how you will, i...
CONTENTS: David's desire toward God and joyful dependence upon Him. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: The believer need desire nothing more than the favor of God to make him happy and satisfied. T...
Psalms 63:4. _I will lift up my hands in thy name._ This was swearing fidelity to the Lord. The heathens did the same to their idols; they kissed their hand, or they stretched it out. Job 31:27; Psalm...
_O God, Thou art my God; early will I seek Thee._ THE GREATEST THINGS OF THE SOUL I. The greatest hunger of the soul (Psalms 63:1). The soul wants God, as the thirsty land the refreshing showers, as...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 63:1. This psalm opens as if it were a lament, yet it is mainly a song of confident expectation. The psalm helps God’s people gain confidence during times of trouble. It exp...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 63:9 The song explains where the troubles came from: THOSE WHO SEEK TO DESTROY MY LIFE. For David, these were Israelites who rebelled against God’s choice of David as king (see th...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 63:10 The enemies of God’s people will become a PORTION FOR JACKALS, a grim description of dead bodies lying unburied after a battle....
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“_A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah_.” Hengstenberg: “The wilderness of Judah is the whole wilderness towards the east of the tribe of Judah, boun...
EXPOSITION A PSALM of one absent from the sanctuary, and longing to return to it (Psalms 63:1, Psalms 63:2), pursued by enemies who seek his life (Psalms 63:9), but confident in God's protection ...
Psa 63:1-11 is a psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah. Now, from Jerusalem west lies the coastal plains, fertile valleys, beautiful lush orange groves, and apricot and pear and peach...
1 Samuel 26:10; 1 Samuel 31:1; Ezekiel 35:5; Ezekiel 39:17; Eze
Foxes — Their carcases shall become a prey to wild and ravenous creatures....