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Psalm 63

Psa. 63:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But those that seek
baqash (Hebrew #1245)
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
KJV usage: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
Pronounce: baw-kash'
Origin: a primitive root
my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
, to destroy
show' (Hebrew #7722)
or shoah {sho-aw'}; from an unused root meaning to rush over; a tempest; by implication, devastation
KJV usage: desolate(-ion), destroy, destruction, storm, wasteness.
Pronounce: sho
Origin: or (feminine) showtah {sho-aw'}
it, shall go
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
into the lower parts
tachtiy (Hebrew #8482)
lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)
KJV usage: low (parts, -er, -er parts, - est), nether (part).
Pronounce: takh-tee'
Origin: from 8478
of the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 35:4,26• 4Let them be put to shame and confounded that seek after my life; let them be turned backward and brought to confusion that devise my hurt:
 26Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine adversity; let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me. (Psa. 35:4,26)
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Psa. 38:12• 12And they that seek after my life lay snares for me; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long. (Psa. 38:12)
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Psa. 40:14• 14Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be turned backward and confounded that take pleasure in mine adversity; (Psa. 40:14)
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Psa. 70:2• 2Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion that seek after my soul; let them be turned backward and confounded that take pleasure in mine adversity; (Psa. 70:2)
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1 Sam. 25:29• 29And if a man is risen up to pursue thee and to seek thy life, the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with Jehovah thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out from the hollow of the sling. (1 Sam. 25:29)
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Psa. 9:17• 17The wicked shall be turned into Sheol, all the nations that forget God. (Psa. 9:17)
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Psa. 55:15,23• 15Let death seize upon them, let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwellings, in their midst.
 23And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee. (Psa. 55:15,23)
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Psa. 86:13• 13For great is thy loving-kindness toward me, and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. (Psa. 86:13)
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Num. 16:30‑33• 30but if Jehovah make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, and all that they have, and they go down alive into Sheol, then ye shall know that these men have despised Jehovah.
 31And it came to pass when he had ended speaking all these words, that the ground clave apart that was under them.
 32And the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that belonged to Korah, and all their property.
 33And they went down, they and all that they had, alive into Sheol, and the earth covered them; and they perished from among the congregation. (Num. 16:30‑33)
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1 Sam. 28:19• 19And Jehovah will also give Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines; and to-morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me; the army of Israel also will Jehovah give into the hand of the Philistines. (1 Sam. 28:19)
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Job 40:13• 13Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in secret. (Job 40:13)
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Isa. 14:9,15,19• 9Sheol from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming, stirring up the dead for thee, all the he-goats of the earth; making to rise from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
 15none the less art thou brought down to Sheol, to the recesses of the pit.
 19but thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, covered with the slain--those thrust through with the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit: like a carcase trodden under foot. (Isa. 14:9,15,19)
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Isa. 14:19• 19but thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, covered with the slain--those thrust through with the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit: like a carcase trodden under foot. (Isa. 14:19)
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Ezek. 32:18‑32• 18Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, her and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the lower parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.
 19Whom dost thou surpass in beauty? Go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.
 20They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword. The sword hath been given: draw her out, and all her multitudes.
 21The strong among the mighty, with them that helped him, shall speak to him out of the midst of Sheol: they are gone down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
 22There is Asshur and all his assemblage, his graves round about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword;
 23their graves are set in the sides of the pit, and his assemblage is round about his grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword,--who caused terror in the land of the living.
 24There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who are gone down uncircumcised unto the lower parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their confusion with them that go down to the pit.
 25They have set him a bed in the midst of the slain, with all his multitude: their graves are round about him, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though their terror was caused in the land of the living; and they have borne their confusion with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that are slain.
 26There is Meshech, Tubal, and all their multitude, their graves round about them, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living.
 27And they lie not with the mighty, that are fallen of the uncircumcised, who are gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war; and whose swords are laid under their heads, and whose iniquities are upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
 28Thou also shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword.
 29There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, who in their might are laid with them that are slain by the sword: they lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.
 30There are the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, that are gone down with the slain--ashamed of the terror which they caused through their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that are slain by the sword, and bear their confusion with them that go down to the pit.
 31Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord Jehovah.
 32For I have caused my terror in the land of the living; and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that are slain by the sword, Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 32:18‑32)
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Acts 1:25• 25to receive the lot of this service and apostleship, from which Judas transgressing fell to go to his own place. (Acts 1:25)
• The latter verses are the judgment on the enemies of the godly men, according to the government of God, and particularly the enemies of Christ. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 59-63” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth;