English Standard Version
Psalms 86:13
13For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
Psalms 86:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
- New International Version (NIV)For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths, from the realm of the dead.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For great is Your mercy toward me, And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
- New Living Translation (NLT)for your love for me is very great. You have rescued me from the depths of death.
Context of Psalms 86:13
11Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name. 12I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify your name forever. For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol. 14O God, insolent men have risen up against me; a band of ruthless men seeks my life, and they do not set you before them. 15But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
Read all of Psalms 86Psalms 86:13 word by word
כִּֽי־חַ֭סְדְּךָ גָּד֣וֹל עָלָ֑י וְהִצַּ֥לְתָּ נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י מִשְּׁא֥וֹל תַּחְתִּיָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 86:13
- Psalms 57:10For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
- Psalms 103:8The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
- Psalms 108:4For your steadfast love is great above the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
- Luke 1:58And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.
- Psalms 16:10For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.
- Psalms 56:13For you have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
- Psalms 88:6You have put me in the depths of the pit, in the regions dark and deep.
- Psalms 116:8For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling;
- Job 33:18he keeps back his soul from the pit, his life from perishing by the sword.
- Isaiah 38:17Behold, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but in love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back.
- Jonah 2:3For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me; all your waves and your billows passed over me.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:10and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
Commentaries on Psalms 86:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell - This must mean more than the grave; a hell below hell - a place of perdition for the soul, as the grave is a place of corruption for the body.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13For great is thy mercy toward me - In respect to me; or, Thou hast manifested great mercy to me; to wit, in past times. He makes use of this now as an argument or reason why God should interpose again. (a) He had shown on former occasions that he had power to save; (b) the fact that he had thus treated him as his friend was a reason why he should now befriend him. And thou hast delivered my soul - My life. The meaning is, that he had kept him alive in…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-17Verses 8-17 Our God alone possesses almighty power and infinite love. Christ is the way and the truth. And the believing soul will be more desirous to be taught the way and the truth. And the believing soul will be more desirous to be taught the way and the truth of God, in order to walk therein, than to be delivered out of earthly distress. Those who set not the Lord before them, seek after believers' souls; but the compassion, mercy, and truth of God…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-13In anticipation of God’s rescue, the psalmist praises him and trusts in his goodness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1413-14. The reason: God had delivered him from death and the power of insolent, violent, and godless persecutors (Psa 54:3; Eze 8:12).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 86
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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