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A Dishonorable End
Commentators unanimously explain that the phrase 'a portion for foxes' more accurately refers to jackals. Unlike foxes, jackals were known to scavenge on battlefields, devouring the unburied dead. This detail paints a vivid picture of a dishonorable and complete defeat for the psalmist's enemies, whose bodies would be left exposed to wild animals.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 63:10
18th Century
Theologian
They shall fall by the sword — The margin reads, "They shall make him run out like water by the hands of the sword." The word trans…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 63:10
19th Century
Bishop
Shall fall. —See margin. But more literally, they shall pour him onto the hands of the sword, where the suffix him
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 63:9–10
19th Century
Preacher
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 f…
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John Gill
On Psalms 63:10
17th Century
Pastor
They shall fall by the sword
As Saul, his sons, and mighty men, did, (1 Samuel 31:4–6) ; or, "they shall…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 63:7–11
17th Century
Minister
True Christians can, in some measure, and at some times, make use of the strong language of David, but too often our souls cling to the dust. Havin…