Psalms 86:13

86:12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my 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 hell. hell: or, grave

KJV

For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

For great is your mercy toward me: and you have delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

86:14 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them. violent: Heb. terrible

What does Psalms 86:13 mean?

Psalms 86:13 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include גָּדוֹל (gâdôwl), חֵסֵד (chêçêd), נָצַל (nâtsal).

Hebrew interlinear

For

greatגָּדוֹלgâdôwl/gaw-dole'/H1419great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

thy

mercyחֵסֵדchêçêd/kheh'-sed/H2617kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty

toward

me:

and

thou

hast

deliveredנָצַלnâtsal/naw-tsal'/H5337to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense

soulנֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

from

the

lowestתַּחְתִּיtachtîy/takh-tee'/H8482lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)

hell.שְׁאוֹלshᵉʼôwl/sheh-ole'/H7585Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates

hell:

or,

grave

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 86:13.

Deuteronomy 32:22

For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. shall burn: or, hath burned shall consume: or, hath consumed

Exodus 6:6

Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:

Genesis 1:21

And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 19:19

Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

Genesis 32:30

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. Peniel: that is, The face of God

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 86:13 say?

Psalms 86:13 (King James Version) reads: "For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. hell: or, grave"

Is Psalms 86:13 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 86:13 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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