Psalms 63:9

But those&c. They, his enemies, who are seeking his life, are emphatically contrasted with himself (Psalms 59:15; Psalms 56:6). While his path is upward to God, theirs is downward to the depths of Sheol. It is possible to render (cp. R.V. marg.) But they shall be destroyed that seek my life, They shall go&c.

into the lower parts of the earth Into Sheol, swallowed up like Korah and his company of rebels. Cp. for the phrase, Isaiah 44:23; Ezekiel 26:20; Psalms 86:13; Ephesians 4:9; Deuteronomy 32:22: and for the thought, Psalms 9:15; Psalms 9:17; Psalms 55:15; Psalms 55:23.