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Psalm 86

Psa. 86:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For great
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
u is thy mercy
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
toward me: and thou hast delivered
natsal (Hebrew #5337)
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
KJV usage: X at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, X without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, X surely, take (out).
Pronounce: naw-tsal'
Origin: a primitive root
v my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
from the lowest
tachtiy (Hebrew #8482)
lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)
KJV usage: low (parts, -er, -er parts, - est), nether (part).
Pronounce: takh-tee'
Origin: from 8478
κhell
sh'owl (Hebrew #7585)
from 7592; Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
KJV usage: grave, hell, pit.
Pronounce: sheh-ole'
Origin: or shol {sheh-ole'}
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great.
and thou.
Psa. 16:10• 10For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol, neither wilt thou allow thy Holy One to see corruption. (Psa. 16:10)
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Psa. 56:13• 13For thou hast delivered my soul from death; wilt thou not keep my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living? (Psa. 56:13)
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Psa. 88:6• 6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps. (Psa. 88:6)
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Psa. 116:8• 8For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, my feet from falling. (Psa. 116:8)
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Job 33:18,22,24,28• 18He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from passing away by the sword.
22And his soul draweth near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
24Then he will be gracious unto him, and say, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
28He hath delivered my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall see the light.
(Job 33:18,22,24,28)
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Isa. 38:17• 17Behold, instead of peace I had bitterness upon bitterness; but thou hast in love delivered my soul from the pit of destruction; for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. (Isa. 38:17)
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Jonah 2:3‑6• 3For thou didst cast me into the depth, into the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me: All thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.
4And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes, Yet will I look again toward thy holy temple.
5The waters encompassed me, to the soul: The deep was round about me, The weeds were wrapped about my head.
6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The bars of the earth closed upon me for ever: But thou hast brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.
(Jonah 2:3‑6)
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1 Thess. 1:10• 10and to await his Son from the heavens, whom he raised from among the dead, Jesus, our deliverer from the coming wrath. (1 Thess. 1:10)
hell.
or, grave.
 All dependent on even goodness, yet intimate in the character of our love to Him, because by our very wretchedness we know we are the objects of His love, thus known, to be infinitely great. (Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 85-87 by J.N. Darby)
 They recall the marvelous deliverance He wrought for them in destroying their previous enemies and now trust He will do the same to “the assemblies of violent men” who have risen up against them (vs. 13-17). The enemy (“the violent men”) on this occasion is the Assyrian who in its final form is Russia. Prophecy reveals it is the Russian hordes (Gog) that will come down from the north in attempt to overthrow regathered Israel (Ezk. 37-39, especially Ezk. 38:11-12). (Book 3. by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For great is thy loving-kindness toward me, and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.