New English Translation
Psalms 86:13
13For you will extend your great loyal love to me, and will deliver my life 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.
- 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
11O Lord, teach me how you want me to live! Then I will obey your commands. Make me wholeheartedly committed to you! 12O Lord, my God, I will give you thanks with my whole heart! I will honor your name continually! For you will extend your great loyal love to me, and will deliver my life from the depths of Sheol. 14O God, arrogant men attack me; a gang of ruthless men, who do not respect you, seek my life. 15But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God. You are patient and demonstrate great loyal love and faithfulness.
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 57:10For your loyal love extends beyond the sky, and your faithfulness reaches the clouds.
- Psalms 103:8The Lord is compassionate and merciful; he is patient and demonstrates great loyal love.
- Psalms 108:4For your loyal love extends beyond the sky, and your faithfulness reaches the clouds.
- Luke 1:58Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.
- Psalms 16:10You will not abandon me to Sheol; you will not allow your faithful follower to see the Pit.
- Psalms 56:13when you deliver my life from death. You keep my feet from stumbling, so that I might serve God as I enjoy life.
- Psalms 88:6You place me in the lowest regions of the pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths.
- Psalms 116:8Yes, Lord, you rescued my life from death, and kept my feet from stumbling.
- Job 33:18He spares a person’s life from corruption, his very life from crossing over the river.
- Isaiah 38:17“Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight.
- Jonah 2:3You threw me into the deep waters, into the middle of the sea; the ocean current engulfed me; all the mighty waves you sent swept over me.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:10and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
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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