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Psalm 86:13 For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.
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You have rescued me from the depths of death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/86.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/86.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/86.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For great <i>is</i> thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/86.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For great <i>is</i> Your mercy toward me, And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/86.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For Your graciousness toward me is great, And You have saved my soul from the depths of Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/86.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For Your lovingkindness toward me is great, And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/86.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For Thy lovingkindness toward me is great, And Thou hast delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/86.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For Your lovingkindness toward me is great, And You have delivered my soul from Sheol below.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/86.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For great is Your lovingkindness <i>and</i> graciousness toward me; And You have rescued my life from the depths of Sheol [from death].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/86.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For your faithful love for me is great, and you rescue my life from the depths of Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/86.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For Your faithful love for me is great, and You deliver my life from the depths of Sheol. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/86.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For great is thy lovingkindness toward me; And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/86.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Your love for me is so great that you protected me from death and the grave. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/86.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For great is thy mercy toward me; and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/86.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />because your mercy toward me is great. You have rescued me from the depths of hell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/86.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />How great is your constant love for me! You have saved me from the grave itself. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/86.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />For great is your gracious love to me; you've delivered me from the depths of Sheol. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/86.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/86.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For you will extend your great loyal love to me, and will deliver my life from the depths of Sheol. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/86.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/86.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For great is thy mercy towards me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/86.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/86.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For Your kindness [is] great toward me, "" And You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/86.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For Thy kindness is great toward me, And Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/86.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For thy mercy is great upon me, and thou didst deliver my soul from hades below.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/86.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For thy mercy is great towards me: and thou hast delivered my soul out of the lower hell. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/86.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 85:13>For your mercy toward me is great, and you have rescued my soul from the lower part of Hell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/86.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Your mercy to me is great; you have rescued me from the depths of Sheol. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/86.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/86.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For great is thy lovingkindness toward me; and thou hast delivered my soul from the depths of hell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/86.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because your greatness upon me is great and you have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/86.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For great is Thy mercy toward me; And Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest nether-world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/86.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For thy mercy is great toward me; and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/86-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=10797" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/86.htm">Tried But Trusting</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify Your name forever. <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: gā·ḏō·wl (Adj-ms) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">great is</a> <a href="/hebrew/2617.htm" title="2617: ḥas·də·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty. From chacad; kindness; by implication piety: rarely reproof, or Beauty.">Your loving devotion</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lāy (Prep:: 1cs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">to me;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5337.htm" title="5337: wə·hiṣ·ṣal·tā (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver. ">You have delivered</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">me</a> <a href="/hebrew/8482.htm" title="8482: taḥ·tî·yāh (Adj-fs) -- Lower, lowest. From tachath; lowermost; as noun the depths.">from the depths</a> <a href="/hebrew/7585.htm" title="7585: miš·šə·’ō·wl (Prep-m:: N-cs) -- Or shol; from sha'al; Hades or the world of the dead, including its accessories and inmates.">of Sheol.</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>The arrogant rise against me, O God; a band of ruthless men seeks my life, with no regard for You.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/2-4.htm">Ephesians 2:4-5</a></span><br />But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, / made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/titus/3-5.htm">Titus 3:5</a></span><br />He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/5-8.htm">Romans 5:8</a></span><br />But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/4-9.htm">1 John 4:9-10</a></span><br />This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him. / And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/1-13.htm">Colossians 1:13</a></span><br />He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-3.htm">1 Peter 1:3</a></span><br />Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16</a></span><br />For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-21.htm">2 Corinthians 5:21</a></span><br />God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-38.htm">Romans 8:38-39</a></span><br />For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, / neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/1-5.htm">Revelation 1:5</a></span><br />and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-9.htm">Isaiah 63:9</a></span><br />In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-22.htm">Lamentations 3:22-23</a></span><br />Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. / They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-18.htm">Micah 7:18-19</a></span><br />Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? / He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/38-17.htm">Isaiah 38:17</a></span><br />Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jonah/2-6.htm">Jonah 2:6</a></span><br />To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For great is your mercy toward me: and you have delivered my soul from the lowest hell.</p><p class="hdg">great</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/57-10.htm">Psalm 57:10</a></b></br> For thy mercy <i>is</i> great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/103-8.htm">Psalm 103:8-12</a></b></br> The LORD <i>is</i> merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/108-4.htm">Psalm 108:4</a></b></br> For thy mercy <i>is</i> great above the heavens: and thy truth <i>reacheth</i> unto the clouds.</p><p class="hdg">and thou</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/16-10.htm">Psalm 16:10</a></b></br> For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/56-13.htm">Psalm 56:13</a></b></br> For thou hast delivered my soul from death: <i>wilt</i> not <i>thou deliver</i> my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/88-6.htm">Psalm 88:6</a></b></br> Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.</p><p class="hdg">hell.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/80-9.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/psalms/81-7.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/psalms/78-15.htm">Depths</a> <a href="/psalms/55-15.htm">Grave</a> <a href="/psalms/86-10.htm">Great</a> <a href="/psalms/55-15.htm">Hell</a> <a href="/psalms/86-5.htm">Kindness</a> <a href="/psalms/70-4.htm">Love</a> <a href="/psalms/86-5.htm">Loving</a> <a href="/psalms/86-6.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/psalms/55-15.htm">Nether-World</a> <a href="/psalms/84-3.htm">Places</a> <a href="/psalms/55-15.htm">Sheol</a> <a href="/psalms/86-4.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/psalms/86-5.htm">Steadfast</a> <a href="/psalms/85-4.htm">Towards</a> <a href="/psalms/71-20.htm">Underworld</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/88-6.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/psalms/97-10.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/psalms/88-6.htm">Depths</a> <a href="/psalms/88-3.htm">Grave</a> <a href="/psalms/86-15.htm">Great</a> <a href="/psalms/116-3.htm">Hell</a> <a href="/psalms/86-15.htm">Kindness</a> <a href="/psalms/88-11.htm">Love</a> <a href="/psalms/86-15.htm">Loving</a> <a href="/psalms/86-15.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/psalms/116-3.htm">Nether-World</a> <a href="/psalms/87-2.htm">Places</a> <a href="/psalms/88-3.htm">Sheol</a> <a href="/psalms/86-14.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/psalms/86-15.htm">Steadfast</a> <a href="/psalms/98-3.htm">Towards</a> <a href="/psalms/88-3.htm">Underworld</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 86</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/86-1.htm">David strengthens his prayer by the consciousness of his religion</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/86-5.htm">By the goodness and power of God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/86-11.htm">He desires the continuance of former grace</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/86-14.htm">Complaining of the proud, he craves some token of God's goodness</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This concept is central to the relationship between God and His people, reflecting His unwavering commitment. The psalmist acknowledges God's personal care and protection, which is a recurring theme throughout the Psalms (e.g., <a href="/psalms/136.htm">Psalm 136</a>). This loving devotion is not just a general attribute of God but is experienced personally by the psalmist, highlighting the intimate relationship between God and the individual believer. This mirrors the New Testament understanding of God's love demonstrated through Jesus Christ (<a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16</a>).<p><b>You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.</b><br>Sheol in the Hebrew Bible is often understood as the realm of the dead, a place of darkness and separation from the living. The psalmist's deliverance from Sheol signifies rescue from death or extreme peril, showcasing God's power over life and death. This deliverance can be seen as a type of resurrection, prefiguring the ultimate victory over death through Jesus Christ (<a href="/1_corinthians/15-55.htm">1 Corinthians 15:55-57</a>). The phrase also reflects the hope of redemption and eternal life, themes that are further developed in the New Testament. The deliverance from Sheol can be seen as a metaphor for salvation, where God rescues believers from spiritual death and grants them eternal life through faith in Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/86.htm">Psalm 86</a>, David is expressing his personal relationship with God, highlighting God's faithfulness and deliverance.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The central figure in this verse, God is depicted as loving and devoted, providing deliverance and salvation.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/sheol.htm">Sheol</a></b><br>In Hebrew thought, Sheol is the realm of the dead, often seen as a place of darkness and separation from God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_loving_devotion.htm">Understanding God's Loving Devotion</a></b><br>God's love is not just an emotion but an active commitment to His people, demonstrated through His actions and faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/deliverance_from_spiritual_death.htm">Deliverance from Spiritual Death</a></b><br>Just as David was delivered from Sheol, believers are delivered from spiritual death through Christ's sacrifice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/gratitude_for_salvation.htm">Gratitude for Salvation</a></b><br>Recognizing the depths from which God has saved us should lead to a life of gratitude and worship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_faithfulness.htm">Trust in God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>In times of trouble, we can trust in God's unwavering devotion and His power to deliver us from any "depths" we face.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_in_the_light_of_deliverance.htm">Living in the Light of Deliverance</a></b><br>Our lives should reflect the reality of being delivered from darkness, living in the light of God's love and grace.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_86.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 86</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_was_the_name_of_noah's_wife.htm">What are the earth's depths?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'love_always_perseveres'_mean.htm">What does 'Love Always Perseveres' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_earth's_depths.htm">What are the earth's depths?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_sheol_literally_underground_why_no_proof.htm">In Job 11:8, is Sheol literally beneath the earth, and if so, why is there no archaeological evidence of it? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/86.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">Lowest hell.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">sheol, beneath, </span>a fuller expression for the usual <span class= "ital">sheol, underworld. </span>(See Note, <a href="/psalms/6-5.htm" title="For in death there is no remembrance of you: in the grave who shall give you thanks?">Psalm 6:5</a>.) There is no comparison implied as in the Authorised Version. It is evident from the next verse that what is meant is <span class= "ital">danger of death from violence.</span><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/86.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For great is thy mercy toward me</span> (see ver. 5). <span class="cmt_word">And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell</span>. The actual deliverance was from death (ver. 14); but death involved descent into Hades, so that those who were delivered from the one were at the same time delivered from the other. The expression translated "the lowest hell" means no more than "Hades which is beneath the earth." No comparison is made of one part of Hades with another. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/86-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">great is</span><br /><span class="heb">גָּד֣וֹל</span> <span class="translit">(gā·ḏō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> </span><span class="str2">Great, older, insolent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your loving devotion</span><br /><span class="heb">חַ֭סְדְּךָ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥas·də·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2617.htm">Strong's 2617: </a> </span><span class="str2">Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to me;</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלָ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·lāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You have delivered</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִצַּ֥לְתָּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hiṣ·ṣal·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5337.htm">Strong's 5337: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">me</span><br /><span class="heb">נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·šî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the depths</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּחְתִּיָּֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(taḥ·tî·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8482.htm">Strong's 8482: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lowermost, the depths</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Sheol.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשְּׁא֥וֹל</span> <span class="translit">(miš·šə·’ō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7585.htm">Strong's 7585: </a> </span><span class="str2">Underworld (place to which people descend at death)</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/86-13.htm">Psalm 86:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/86-13.htm">Psalm 86:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/86-13.htm">Psalm 86:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/86-13.htm">Psalm 86:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/86-13.htm">Psalm 86:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/86-13.htm">Psalm 86:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/86-13.htm">Psalm 86:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/86-13.htm">Psalm 86:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/86-13.htm">Psalm 86:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/86-13.htm">Psalm 86:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/86-13.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 86:13 For your loving kindness is great toward (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/86-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 86:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 86:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/86-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 86:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 86:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>