Psalms 63:9
63:8 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.
KJV
But those who seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
What does Psalms 63:9 mean?
Psalms 63:9 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include בָּקַשׁ (bâqash), נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh), שׁוֹא (shôwʼ). It connects to 7 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.
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Cross-references
Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.
Psalms 9:2I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
Psalms 54:5He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth. mine: Heb. those that observe me
Daniel 5:18O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
Micah 6:6Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? of a: Heb. sons of a year?
Acts 4:25Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
Revelation 16:14For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Verses like this
Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 63:9.
And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
Genesis 1:20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. moving: or, creeping life: Heb. soul fowl: Heb. let fowl fly open: Heb. face of the firmament of heaven
Genesis 1:24And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Genesis 12:5And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
Genesis 2:19And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. Adam: or, the man
Genesis 6:13And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. with the earth: or, from the earth
Genesis 6:17And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
Genesis 6:4There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Frequently asked questions
What does Psalms 63:9 say?
Psalms 63:9 (King James Version) reads: "But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth."
Is Psalms 63:9 in the Old or New Testament?
Psalms 63:9 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.
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