Psalms 86:13 — King James Version← Study notes

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

Psalms 86:13 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 86:138 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּֽיkiy

forconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

חַ֭סְדְּ/ךָḥasədəkā

covenant loyalty yournounH2617

good deed(-liness · -ness) · kindly · kindness ···

גָּד֣וֹלgādwōl

is greatadjH1419

aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···

עָלָ֑/יʿālāy

towards mepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

וְ/הִצַּ֥לְתָּwəhiṣalətā

and you have deliveredconjH5337

at all · deliver · escape · without fail ···

נַ֝פְשִׁ֗/יnapəšiy

life mynounH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

מִ/שְּׁא֥וֹלmišəʾwōl

from SheolpronH7585

hell · pit

תַּחְתִּיָּֽהtaḥətiyāh

lowestadjH8482

-er · -er parts · -est) · nether

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 86:13

1. No greater gift could God have given to men than in making His Word, by which He created all things, their Head, and joining them to Him as His members: that the Son of God might become also the Son of man, one God with the Father, one Man with men; so that when we speak to God in prayer for mercy, we do not separate the Son from Him; and when the Body of the Son prays, it separates not its Head from itself: and it is one Saviour of His Body, our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 86 (excerpt)

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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