To destroy it, i.e. to take away my life. Into the lower parts of the earth; either,
1. Into hell. Or rather,
2. Into their grave, as this phrase is used, Ezekiel 31:14,18. But how is this true, when they are supposed to be devoured by foxes, Psalms 63:10 ? Answ. This may be understood, either,
1. Of divers persons. Some of their slain might be buried, and others lie unburied. Or,
2. Of the same persons; they did go into the earth, but not immediately, but were first devoured of foxes, and the remainders of them were buried, as is frequently done in such cases. Or this phrase may note not so much the place as the state of the dead; this being universally said of those that die, whether they are buried or unburied, that they return to the earth or dust, Job 1:21 Ecclesiastes 12:7.