Psa 63:9 | NETfull | STEP | Enemies seek to destroy my life, but they will descend into the depths of the earth.

Psalms 63:9

9 Enemies seek to destroy my life, ^{▼▼ Heb “but they for destruction seek my life.” The pronoun “they” must refer here to the psalmist’s enemies, referred to at this point for the first time in the psalm.}
but they will descend into the depths of the earth. ^{▼▼ The depths of the earth refers here to the underworld dwelling place of the dead (see Ezek 26:20; 31:14, 16, 18; 32:18, 24). See L. I. J. Stadelmann, The Hebrew Conception of the World, 167.}