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Psalms 86:13

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

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כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…חַ֭סְדְּךָchasdekhakindnessחֵסֵדnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “kindness”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2617kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beautyfavour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.גָּד֣וֹלgadolgreatגָּדוֹלadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “great”, the ordinary formH1419great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent[phrase] aloud, elder(-est), [phrase] exceeding(-ly), [phrase] far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, [idiom] sore, ([idiom]) very.עָלָ֑יalayaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…וְהִצַּ֥לְתָּvehitsaltaand defendנָצַלconjunction, verb, hiphil, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and defend”, a completed actionH5337to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense[idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).נַ֝פְשִׁ֗יnafshicreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…מִשְּׁא֥וֹלmisholfrom graveשְׁאוֹלpreposition, noun, proper name — “from grave”H7585Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmatesgrave, hell, pit.תַּחְתִּיָּֽהtachtiyahnetherתַּחְתִּיadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “nether”, the ordinary formH8482lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)low (parts, -er, -er parts, -est), nether (part).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

For great is Thy mercy toward me; and Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest nether-world.

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American Standard Version (1901)

For great is thy lovingkindness toward me; And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

Young’s Literal Translation

For Thy kindness [is] great toward me, And Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

World English Bible

For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

Darby Translation

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

For great is Thy mercy toward me; and Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest nether-world.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὅτι τὸ ἔλεός σου μέγα ἐπʼ ἐμὲ, καὶ ἐῤῥύσω τὴν ψυχήν μου ἐξ ᾅδου κατωτάτου.