Psalms 63:10

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
fall	יַגִּירֻ֥הוּ ya.gi.Ru.hu	H5064	to flow · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
sword	יְדֵי ye.dei-	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders dual construct
portion	מְנָ֖ת me.Nat	H4521	an allotment (by courtesy · noun, common feminine singular construct
foxes	שֻׁעָלִ֣ים shu.'a.Lim	H7776	a jackal (as a burrower) · noun, common masculine plural absolute

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Cross-references

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 th…
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 c…
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…
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 per…
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.
Song of Solomon 2:15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
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 co…
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 ga…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 63:7–end

David, having expressed his desires towards God and his praises of him, here expresses his confidence in him and his joyful expectations from him (Psa 63:7): In the shadow of thy wings I will rejoice, alluding either to the wings of the cherubim stretched out over the ark of the covenant, between which God is said to dwell ("I will rejoice in thy oracles, and in covenant and communion with thee"), or to the wings of a fowl, under which the helpless young ones have shelter, as the eagle's young ones (Exo 19:4, Deu 32:11), which speaks the divine power, and the young ones of the common hen (Mat 23:37), which speaks more of divine tenderness. It is a phrase often used in the psalms (Psa 17:8; P…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 63:10

foxes--literally, "jackals."

John Gill on Psalms 63:10

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"; meaning either some principal enemy, as Saul in particular, or everyone of his enemies; who should be thrust with the sword, their blood let out, and they slain: so antichrist, the enemy of David's son, will be put to death in this manner, Revelation 13:10; they shall be a portion for foxes; falling in desolate places where foxes run, and so become the food of them, and have no other burial. The foxes hunt after dead carcasses, and will find them out where they are, in holes and ditches; as appears from t…

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John Calvin on Psalms 63:9–end

Psalm 63:9-11 9. And they, whilst they seek my soul to destroy it, shall go into the lowest parts of the earth. 10. They shall cast him out [435] to the edge of the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes. 11. But the king [436] , shall rejoice in God; and every one who swears by him shall glory: for the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. 9. And they, whilst they seek, etc. Here we find David rising to a more assured confidence, and triumphing as if he had already obtained the victory. And there is every reason to believe, that though he had escaped his difficulties, and was in circumstances of peace and prosperity when he wrote this psalm, yet he only expresses what he actua…

The Church Fathers

"They shall be delivered unto the hands of the sword" [Psalm 63:10]. In truth, thus it has visibly befallen them, they have been taken by storm by enemies breaking in. "Portions of foxes they shall be." Foxes he calls the kings of the world, that then were when Judæa was conquered. Hear in order that you may know and perceive, that those he calls foxes. Herod the king the Lord Himself has called a fox. "Go," He says, "and tell that fox." [Luke 13:32] See and observe, my brethren: Christ as King they would not have, and portions of foxes they have been made. For when Pilate the deputy governor in Judæa slew Christ at the voices of the Jews, he said to the same Jews, "Your King shall I crucify?" [John 19:15] Because He was called King of the Jews, and He was the true King. And they rejecting Christ said, "We have no king but Cæsar." They rejected a Lamb, chose a fox: deservedly portions of foxes they were made.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 63

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Dictionary and topics

B · Unclean: Fox — Unclean: Fox
Fox · General references — General references
Fox, The · Described as: Carnivorous — Described as: Carnivorous

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 63:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 63:7–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 63:10

John Gill on Psalms 63:10

John Calvin on Psalms 63:9–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 63:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 63:7–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 63:10

John Gill on Psalms 63:10

John Calvin on Psalms 63:9–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 63:9–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 63:10

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 63:10