Psalms 63:9
What meaning of the psalms 63:9 in the Bible?
What does Psalms 63:9 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth."
What does Psalms 63:9 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth."
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...
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 TH...
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 wel...
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...
TO DESTROY IT. As Ahithophel did (2 Samuel 17:1). THE LOWER PARTS: i.e. to Sheol....
While he draws ever closer to God, his enemies will be destroyed....
BUT THOSE THAT SEEK MY SOUL, &C.— Our version connects both parts of the verse. I rather think there are two distinct parts in it, as there are in all the other verses; and that the rendering should b...
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...
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...
_[Psalms 63:10]_ וְ הֵ֗מָּה לְ֭ שֹׁואָה יְבַקְשׁ֣וּ נַפְשִׁ֑י יָ֝בֹ֗אוּ בְּֽ תַחְתִּיֹּ֥ות הָ אָֽרֶץ׃...
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 Juda...
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....
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...
9._And they, whilst they seek, etc. _Here we find David rising to a more assured confidence, and triumphing as if he had already obtained the victory. And there is every reason to believe, that though...
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...
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...
But those [that] seek my soul, to destroy [it], shall go into the lower parts of the earth. Ver. 9. _But those that seek my soul to destroy it_] Heb. _Ad pracipitium,_ to hurl it down headlong, shall...
_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...
MORNING HYMN OF A FUGITIVE. A psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah, very likely at the time when he left Jerusalem at the approach of Absalom, for it was then that he spent a few day...
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 eas...
TO DESTROY IT, i.e. to take away my life. INTO THE LOWER PARTS OF THE EARTH; either, 1. Into hell. Or rather, 2. Into their grave, as this phrase is used, EZEKIEL 31:14,18. But how is this true, whe...
Psalms 63:9 seek H1245 (H8762) life H5315 destroy H7722 go H935 (H8799) parts H8482 earth H776 seek - Psalms 35:4, Psalms 35:26, Psalms 38:12, Psalms 40:14, Psalms 70:2;...
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 so...
Psalms 63:1. _O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: Because thou art mine, therefore will I seek thee.»_ A sense of possession makes us long for the enjoyment of all that is really ours. P...
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...
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 (Psal...
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 25:29; 1 Samuel 28:19; Acts 1:25; Ezekiel 32:18; Isaiah 14:15; Isaiah 14:19; Isaiah 14:9; Job 40:13; Numbers 16:30; Psalms 35:26;
Shall go — Into the grave....