Psalms 63:9

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Psalms 63:9


← Psalms 63:8 Psalms 63:9 (KJV) Psalms 63:10 →
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.
They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

But those that seekH1245 my soulH5315, to destroyH7722 it, shall goH935 into the lower partsH8482 of the earthH776.


Original Hebrew

וְהֵמָּה לְשֹׁואָה יְבַקְשׁוּ נַפְשִׁי יָבֹאוּ בְּתַחְתִּיֹּות הָאָרֶץ׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
וְ/הֵ֗מָּה
ve./He.mah H1992 HC/Pp3mp and/ they
לְ֭/שׁוֹאָה
Le./sho.'ah H7722 HR/Ncfsa to/ destruction
יְבַקְשׁ֣וּ
ye.vak.Shu H1245 HVpi3mp they are seeking
נַפְשִׁ֑/י
naf.Sh/i H5315 HNcbsc/Sp1cs life/ my
יָ֝בֹ֗אוּ
ya.Vo.'u H935 HVqi3mp they will go
בְּֽ/תַחְתִּיּ֥וֹת
be./tach.ti.Yot H8482 HR/Aafpc in/ (the) lower parts of
הָ/אָֽרֶץ
ha./'A.retz H776 HTd/Ncbsa the/ earth
Strong's References
  • H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
  • H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
  • H1245 — בָּקַשׁ (bâqash, baw-kash'): a primitive root; to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after; ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
  • H5315 — נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh, neh'-fesh): from נָפַשׁ (nâphash) H5314; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
  • H7722 — שׁוֹא (shôwʼ, sho): or (feminine) שׁוֹאָה (shôwʼâh); or שֹׁאָה (shôʼâh); from an unused root meaning to rush over; a tempest; by implication, devastation; desolate(-ion), destroy, destruction, storm, wasteness.
  • H8482 — תַּחְתִּי (tachtîy, takh-tee'): from תַּחַת (tachath) H8478; lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb); low (parts, -er, -er parts, -est), nether (part).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H1992 — הֵם (hêm, haym): or (prolonged) הֵמָּה (hêmmâh); masculine plural from הֲלַךְ (hălak) H1981; they (only used when emphatic); it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.
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