Psalm 63:9

9 Pero los que buscan mi vida para destruirla, caerán a las profundidades de la tierra.

Psalm 63:9 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 63:9

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 laid snares for that, and sought to take it away, and nothing less would satisfy them;

shall go into the lower parts of the earth;
not the grave, whither the righteous go as well as the wicked; besides, by their being the portion of foxes, as follows, it seems that they should have no burial; but hell is meant, the bottomless pit. Some take it to be a prayer, as Kimchi and Ben Melech; "may they go", or "let them go" see ( Psalms 55:15 ) . The allusion may be thought to be to the death of Korah and his company.

Psalm 63:9 In-Context

7 Porque tú has sido mi socorro, y a la sombra de tus alas canto gozoso.

8 A ti se aferra mi alma; tu diestra me sostiene.

9 Pero los que buscan mi vida para destruirla, caerán a las profundidades de la tierra.

10 Serán entregados al poder de la espada; presa serán de las zorras.

11 Mas el rey se regocijará en Dios; y todo el que por El jura se gloriará, porque la boca de los que dicen mentiras será cerrada.

Footnotes

• [a] Lit., irn