Revised Version 1895
Psalms 86:13
13For great is thy mercy toward me; and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest pit.
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 thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. 12I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart; and I will glorify thy name for evermore. For great is thy mercy toward me; and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest pit. 14O God, the proud are risen up against me, and the congregation of violent men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee before them. 15But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
Read all of Psalms 86Psalms 86:13 word by word
כִּֽי־חַ֭סְדְּךָ גָּד֣וֹל עָלָ֑י וְהִצַּ֥לְתָּ נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י מִשְּׁא֥וֹל תַּחְתִּיָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 86:13
- Psalms 57:10For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the skies.
- Psalms 103:8The LORD is full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
- Psalms 108:4For thy mercy is great above the heavens, and thy truth reacheth unto the skies.
- Luke 1:58And her neighbours and her kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her; and they rejoiced with her.
- Psalms 16:10For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; neither wilt thou suffer thine holy one to see corruption.
- Psalms 56:13For thou hast delivered my soul from death: hast thou not delivered my feet from falling? that I may walk before God in the light of the living.
- Psalms 88:6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps.
- Psalms 116:8For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
- Job 33:18He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
- Isaiah 38:17Behold, it was for my peace that I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
- Jonah 2:3For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, and the flood was round about me; all thy waves and thy billows passed over me.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:10and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivereth 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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