Psalms 63:9
“But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.”
Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
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.
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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Cross-References
“Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.”
“Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.”
“For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”
“(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?”
“The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.”