8 My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me. 9 But those who seek to destroy my life shall go down into the depths of the earth.
There's a contrast between these two verses, plainly indicated by the "but" at the beginning of verse 9. Additionally, though, this contrast is illustrated by the opposite directions. God's "right hand upholds" the Psalmist in verse 8, but verse 9 says that those opposed to the Psalmist "shall go down into the depths."
