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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 86:13

Lowest hell. — Literally, sheôl, beneath, a fuller expression for the usual sheôl, underworld. (See Note, Psalms 6:5.) There is no comparison implied as in the Authorised Version. It is evident from the next verse that what is meant is danger of death from violence.

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See also Psalms 86:13 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 86:13. _THOU 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 corrupt...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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 again...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 86 A Prayer _ 1. The prayer of the poor and needy one (Psalms 86:1)_ 2. The praise of His Name (Psalms 86:10) This Psalm has for an inscription “A prayer of David.” We can hear in it the vo...

  • 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. The Psalmist prays for succour, pleading God's mercy and his own piet...

  • 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._...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Cp. Psalms 57:9-10; Psalms 9:1; Psalms 50:15; Psalms 50:23. _with all my heart_ R.V. with my whole heart; when the prayer of...

  • 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, like an...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 86 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Prayer of a Tried and Faithful Servant of Jehovah. ANALYSIS The Psalmist prays to be Heard and Answered and for his Life to be Preserved because of his Need (Psalms 86:1...

  • 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 hell,...

  • 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 univ...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE LOWEST HELL] RM 'Sheol beneath,' the state of the dead: see Psalms 56:13....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 73:89 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ BITS AND PIECES PSALMS 86 They said to Jesus, "Teach us to pray". He said, "Ask and you will receive. Look and you will find. Knock and it will open to you". (Fro...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּֽי ־חַ֭סְדְּךָ גָּדֹ֣ול עָלָ֑י וְ הִצַּ֥לְתָּ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 86:1 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 beseech...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A PRAYER TO THE GOD OF MERCY Psalms 86:1 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 avails itsel...

  • 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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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 delive...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    This is evidently a direct reference to Christ. Compare Psalms 16:10, with Acts 13:34; Acts 13:34....

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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 of thi...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 86. This psalm is the meek yet confiding and confident appeal of a soul conscious of its godly feelings towards Jehovah and looking to the results of relationship with Him. We have had Jehovah...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole 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 disconsolat...

  • 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. Some...

  • 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 thy ho...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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 term...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For great is Thy mercy, God's unmerited favor, TOWARD ME, AND THOU HAST DELIVERED MY SOUL FROM THE LOWEST HELL, from the lowest regions of the realm of death, said of the extremely perilous situation...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    HELL: Or, grave...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The 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 this with...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 86:13 great H1419 mercy H2617 delivered H5337 (H8689) soul H5315 depths H8482 Sheol H7585 great -...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    HELL Hebrew, "Sheol," (_ See Scofield) - (Habakkuk 2:5). _...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The malice of enemies deplored. God's goodness pleaded in prayer for mercy. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: The best self preservation is to commit ourselves to God's keeping and by fa...

  • 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 whi...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell _ SAVED FROM THE DEPTHS A plan has lately been proposed and successfully employed for raising the cargoes of sunken vessels. A huge electro-magnet,...

  • 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 every man...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 86:1. This is an individual lament in a situation in which “a band of insolent men seek my life” (v. Psalms 86:14). The psalm confesses tha

  • The 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....

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Psa 86:1-17 we have another psalm of David. David said, Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy. Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that is trusting...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Thessalonians 1:10; Isaiah 38:17; Job 33:18; Job 33:22; Job 33:24;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Hell — From extreme dangers and miseries....

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