Psalms 86:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Psalms 86:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For 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...
Psalms 86:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For great [is] thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from (i) the lowest hell. (i) That is, from most great danger of death: out of which none but the almighty hand of God could deliv...
Psalms 86:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXXVI. The Prayer of a Godly Man in Affliction. This Ps. is little more than a cento from the rest of the Psalter. Psalms 86:1-10 . The Psalmist prays for succour, pleading God's mercy and hi...
Psalms 86:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the lowest hell . Sheol beneath. hell. Hebrew Sheol. App-35. Not the language of "Semitic heathenism", but the inspired revelation of Divine eschatology.
Psalms 86:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

In the 13th verse, he sets forth the reason of this, which is, because, in delivering him, God had given a singular and remarkable proof of his mercy. To place in a stronger light the greatness...
Psalms 86:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell - This must mean more than the grave; a hell below hell - a...
Psalms 86:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell— Thou hast delivered my life from the grave beneath. Green. "Thou hast often snatched me from extreme dangers, (See 1 Samuel 23 : &c.) which,...
Psalms 86:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. -The Psalmist's prayer and praise because of the mercy of God in having delivered his soul from the lowest...
Psalms 86:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This is a Psalm of general supplication for help in trouble, and breathes a devout spirit of gratitude and confidence towards God. Specially remarkable is the hope of Psalms 86:9 that God will be u...
Psalms 86:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Comp. Psalms 56:13 ; Psalms 57:9-10 .
Psalms 86:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 86:1-17 THIS psalm is little more than a mosaic of quotations and familiar phrases of petition. But it is none the less individual, nor is the psalmist less heavily burdened, or less truly...
Psalms 86:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Prayer to the God of Mercy Psalms 86:1-17 This psalm is largely composed of quotations. When the soul is in great need, it is not concerned with inventing new forms of address to God, but ava...
Psalms 86:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This psalm is peculiar in many ways. Its first peculiarity is that the name of God which dominates is Adonahy, or Lord, which indicates absolute Lordship, and by the use of which the singer shows his...
Psalms 86:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This is evidently a direct reference to Christ. Compare Psalms 16:10 , with Acts 13:34-37 ; Acts 13:34-37 .
Psalms 86:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 discon...
Psalms 86:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For great [is] thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. Ver. 13. Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell ] That is, from deadly and desperate dangers. So...
Psalms 86:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I will praise thee, O Lord , &c. Not only as the Lord , but as my God. And I will do it with all my heart That is, with readiness, cheerfulness, and fervency, and with a sincere regard to t...
Psalms 86:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Petitions and Praises; Prayer for Mercy and Grace. 8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither ar...
Psalms 86:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

My soul; my person or life, as in the next verse. From the lowest hell; either, 1. From hell properly so called. Or rather, 2. From extreme and desperate dangers and miseries, by comparing th...
Psalms 86:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ A Prayer of David .” Although this Psalm is not placed with the great body of David’s Psalms (1–70), there is no sufficient ground for disputing his authorship of it...
Psalms 86:13 - Scofield Reference Notes

hell Hebrew, "Sheol," ( See Scofield) - ( Habakkuk 2:5 ).
Psalms 86:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Title. A prayer of David. All antiquity, and all the versions, support this title. Psalms 86:2 . I am holy, I have not done any wrong to Saul, nor to Absalom, nor indeed to any of the families...
Psalms 86:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Bow down Thine ear, O Lord, hear me: for I am poor and needy. Man and the great God I. Man in a variety of aspects. 1. What every man is. “Poor and needy.” Morally this is the case with ever...
Psalms 86:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS is the prayer of an afflicted and humble soul in a time of persecution ( Psalms 86:14 ), intermixed with outbursts of praise ( Psalms 86:5 , Psalms 86:8-19 , Psalms 86:15 ) a...
Psalms 86:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David's Prayer in the Midst of Persecution. A prayer of David, the only hymn by the great king and prophet which was included by the collectors in this book of the psalter. We find here the same t...
Psalms 86:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 1:10 ; Isaiah 38:17 ; Job 33:18 ; Job 33:22 ; Job 33:24 ; Job 33:28 ; Jonah 2:3-6 ; Luke 1:58 ; Psalms 103:8-12 ; Psalms 108:4 ; Psalms 116:8 ; Psalms 16:10 ; Psalms 56:1...
Psalms 86:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hell — From extreme dangers and miseries.

Psalms 86:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 86:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 86:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 86:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 86:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 86:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 86:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 86:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 86:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 86:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 86:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 86:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 86:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 86:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 86:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 86:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 86:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 86:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 86:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 86:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 86:13 - Scofield Reference Notes

Psalms 86:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 86:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 86:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 86:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 86:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 86:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes