“ They shall fallc by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes. ”
They shall fall by the sword - Margin, They shall make him run out like water by the hands of the sword. The word rendered in the text “they shall fall,” and in the margin “they shall make him ru...
(f) They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes. (f) He prophecies of the destruction of Saul and they who take his part, whose bodies will not be buried but be devoured with wil...
LXIII. Written by one who has seen God's glory in the Temple and resolved to praise Him all his life. He is confident his enemies will perish. Psalms 63:11 refers to a Hebrew king, possibly Ma...
foxes . jackals.
They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes. 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 ei...
They shall fall, &c.— Their blood shall gush out by the edge of the sword. The verb properly signifies the boiling of water in a pot; when, through the violence of the heat, it is thrown out...
When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. -Second strophe. His hearty desire after God even now in his banishment, whence follows the confident hope of the d...
Title.— A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. The writer of this Ps. is a king ( Psalms 63:11 ), who is at a distance from the sanctuary, and in danger from eager foes. If the t...
Shall fall. — See margin. But more literally, they shall pour him on to the hands of the sword, where the suffix him is collective of the enemy, and the meaning is, “they shall be given over to...
Psalms 63:1-11 IF the psalmist is allowed to speak, he gives many details of his circumstances in his song. He is in a waterless and weary land, excluded from the sanctuary, followed by enemies se...
the Longing Soul Abundantly Satisfied Psalms 63:1-11 Ever since the third century this has been the morning song of the Church. The superscription tells us that it was written in the wilderness...
Here the conviction which has been the inspiration of the two previous psalms reaches a consummation of expression. The song can hardly be divided, for it runs on in a continuous outpouring of praise...
Though we may allow a view to be taken of David's own history in those words, for Saul, and the other foes of David, which did perish by the sword, ( 1 Samuel 31:4 ) yet we must look farther to behol...
They shall fall by the sword ,.... As Saul, his sons, and mighty men, did, 1 Samuel 31:4 ; or, "they shall make him pour out" u; that is, his blood, "by the hands" or "[means] of the sword"; meanin...
They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes. Ver. 10. They shall fall by the sword ] Heb. They shall make him run out (like water) by the hand of the sword. A plain prophecy of...
But those that seek my soul , &c. That seek to take away my life; shall go into the lower parts of the earth Into the grave; and, if they repent not, into hell. God shall cut them off, and sen...
Confidence in God; David Triumphing in Hope. 7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings wil...
They shall fall by the sword, i.e. die in battle, as David foretold, 1 Samuel 26:10 , and as was accomplished in Saul and his followers, who were David's greatest enemies, 1Sa 31 . They shall...
Because, From Deep Within Him, He Follows Hard After God, God's Right Hand Upholds Him, So That Those Who Are Seeking To Destroy Him Will Themselves Be Destroyed ( Psalms 63:8-10 ). From David's i...
INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah .” Hengstenberg: “The wilderness of Judah is the whole wilderness towards the east of the tribe of Judah, bo...
Psalms 63:1-11 This Psalm, with its passion of love and mystic rapture, is a monument for us of how the writer's sorrows had brought to him a closer union with God, as our sorrows may do for us, l...
A Psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah, exiled, ill at ease, hunted, exposed to danger. Yet he could sing. And some of the sweetest Psalms came out of the bitterest afflictions. God'...
Psalms 63:4 . I will lift up my hands in thy name. This was swearing fidelity to the Lord. The heathens did the same to their idols; they kissed their hand, or they stretched it out. Job 31:27 ;...
O God, Thou art my God; early will I seek Thee. The greatest things of the soul I. The greatest hunger of the soul ( Psalms 63:1 ). The soul wants God, as the thirsty land the refreshing shower...
EXPOSITION A PSALM of one absent from the sanctuary, and longing to return to it ( Psalms 63:1 , Psalms 63:2 ), pursued by enemies who seek his life ( Psalms 63:9 ), but confident in God's pr...
Morning Hymn of a Fugitive. A psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah, very likely at the time when he left Jerusalem at the approach of Absalom, for it was then that he spent a few...
1 Samuel 26:10 ; 1 Samuel 31:1-6 ; Ezekiel 35:5 ; Ezekiel 39:17-20 ; Ezekiel 39:4 ; Jeremiah 18:21 ; Revelation 19:17 ; Revelation 19:18 ; Song of Solomon 2:15
Foxes — Their carcases shall become a prey to wild and ravenous creatures.