Psalms 86:13

13 For Your faithful love for me is great,^[a] and You deliver my life from the depths of Sheol.^[b]

Psalms 86:13 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 86:13

For great is thy mercy toward me
Both in things temporal and spiritual; an instance of which follows:

and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell;
from a very distressed and disconsolate condition, being almost in despair, under a deep sense of sin, and a fearful apprehension of the wrath of God, as, particularly, when he was charged by Nathan; or from hell itself, and the severest punishment in it; from the second and eternal death, which every man is deserving of, and are only delivered from by the grace of God, and blood of Christ: this shows the sense the psalmist had of the just demerit of sin, and his thankfulness for deliverance from it; see ( Psalms 56:13 ) . Kimchi interprets it of the grave; but says, there are some that interpret it of the judgment, or condemnation of hell: such who have escaped great dangers in long and perilous journeys, or have been delivered from threatening diseases, are said to be saved from hell ^F18.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Vide Heraclit. de Incredib. c. 21. p. 86.

Psalms 86:13 In-Context

11 Teach me Your way, Lord, and I will live by Your truth. Give me an undivided mind to fear Your name.

12 I will praise You with all my heart, Lord my God, and will honor Your name forever.

13 For Your faithful love for me is great, and You deliver my life from the depths of Sheol.

14 God, arrogant people have attacked me; a gang of ruthless men seeks my life. They have no regard for You.

15 But You, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abundant in faithful love and truth.

Footnotes

• [a]. Ps 57:10; 145:8
• [b]. Ps 30:3; 49:14-15; Jnh 2:3-6