God’s Word Translation
Psalms 86:13
13because your mercy toward me is great. You have rescued me from the depths of hell.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For great is Your mercy toward me, And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
Context of Psalms 86:13
11Teach me your way, O Lord, so that I may live in your truth. Focus my heart on fearing you. 12I will give thanks to you with all my heart, O Lord my God. I will honor you forever because your mercy toward me is great. You have rescued me from the depths of hell. 14O God, arrogant people attack me, and a mob of ruthless people seeks my life. They think nothing of you. 15But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God. You are patient, always faithful and ready to forgive.
Read all of Psalms 86Psalms 86:13 word by word
כִּֽי־חַ֭סְדְּךָ גָּד֣וֹל עָלָ֑י וְהִצַּ֥לְתָּ נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י מִשְּׁא֥וֹל תַּחְתִּיָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 86:13
- Psalms 57:10because your mercy is as high as the heavens. Your truth reaches the skies.
- Psalms 103:8The Lord is compassionate, merciful, patient, and always ready to forgive.
- Psalms 108:4because your mercy is higher than the heavens. Your truth reaches the skies.
- Luke 1:58Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had been very kind to her, and they shared her joy.
- Psalms 16:10because you do not abandon my soul to the grave or allow your holy one to decay.
- Psalms 56:13You have rescued me from death. You have kept my feet from stumbling so that I could walk in your presence, in the light of life.
- Psalms 88:6You have put me in the bottom of the pit—in deep, dark places.
- Psalms 116:8You saved me from death. You saved my eyes from tears ⌞and⌟ my feet from stumbling.
- Job 33:18He keeps their souls from the pit and their lives from crossing the River ⌞of Death⌟.
- Isaiah 38:17Now my bitter experience turns into peace. You have saved me and kept me from the rotting pit. You have thrown all my sins behind you.
- Jonah 2:3You threw me into the deep, into the depths of the sea, and water surrounded me. All the whitecaps on your waves have swept over me.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:10and to wait for his Son to come from heaven. His Son is Jesus, whom he brought back to life. Jesus is the one who rescues us from ⌞God’s⌟ coming anger.
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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