Psalms 63 · Verse 10

Psalms 63:10

They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.
Psalms 63:10, King James Version

Psalms 63:10 in other translations

BSBThey will fall to the power of the sword; they will become a portion for foxes.
WEBThey shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food.
ASVThey shall be given over to the power of the sword: They shall be a portion for foxes.
YLTThey cause him to run on the edge of the sword, A portion for foxes they are.
DARBYThey shall be given over to the power of the sword; they shall be the portion of foxes.
BBEThey will be cut off by the sword; they will be food for foxes.
WebsterThey shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.

What does Psalms 63:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 63:9-10

9-10. those ... to destroy it--or literally, "to ruin," or, "for ruin"; that is, such as seek to injure me (are) for ruin, appointed to it (compare Psa 35:8). shall go ... earth--into the grave, or, to death; as their bodies are represented as a portion for--

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 They shall fall by the sword - They shall be poured out by the hand of the sword, Hebrews That is, their life's blood shall be shed either in war, or by the hand of justice. They shall be a portion for foxes - They shall be left unburied, and the jackals shall feed upon their dead bodies. Or, being all cut off by utter destruction, their Inheritance shall be left for the wild beasts. That which was their portion shall shortly be the portion of the wild beasts of the forest. If he here refers to the destruction of the Babylonians, the prediction has been literally fulfilled. Where ancient Babylon stood, as far as it can be ascertained, is now the hold of dangerous reptiles and ferocious beasts. The jackal, or chokal, is a very ravenous beast, and fond of human flesh. It devours dead bodies, steals infants out of the lap of their mothers, devours alive the sick who are left by the side of the Ganges, and even in the streets of Calcutta has been known to eat persons who were in a state of intoxication. Ward's Customs.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 63:7-11

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 easy and pleased, and quiet from the fear of evil. Those that follow hard after God, would soon fail, if God's right hand did not uphold them. It is he that strengthens us and comforts us. The psalmist doubts not but that…

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Psalms 63:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יַגִּירֻ֥הוּya.gi.Ru.hupeople will pour himH5064
עַל\־'al-overH5921
יְדֵי\־ye.dei-[the] hands ofH3027
חָ֑רֶבCha.rev[the] swordH2719
מְנָ֖תme.Nat[the] portion ofH4521
שֻׁעָלִ֣יםshu.'a.LimfoxesH7776
יִהְיֽוּ\׃yih.Yuthey will beH1961

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Cross references for Psalms 63:10

  • Jeremiah 18:21

    Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

  • Ezekiel 39:4

    Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.

  • Ezekiel 35:5

    Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:

  • 1 Samuel 26:10

    David said furthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.

  • Ezekiel 39:17-20

    And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan. And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord God.

  • 1 Samuel 31:1-6

    Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi–shua, Saul’s sons. And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers. Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. …

  • Song of Solomon 2:15

    Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.

  • Revelation 19:17-18

    And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
They shall fall, etc. Heb. They shall make him run out, likewater, by the hands of the sword.
1Sa 26:10; 31:1-6; Jer 18:21; Eze 35:5
a portion.
So 2:15; Eze 39:4,17-20; Re 19:17,18

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Context

  • Psalms 63:9

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

  • Psalms 63:10

    They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.

  • Psalms 63:11

    But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

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Psalms 63:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Destruiránlos á filo de espada; serán porción de las zorras.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais ceux qui cherchent ma vie pour sa ruine entreront dans les parties inférieures de la terre;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Man wird sie preisgeben der Gewalt des Schwertes, das Teil der Schakale werden sie sein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et timuit omnis homo. Et annuntiaverunt opera Dei, et facta ejus intellexerunt.