John Gill Commentary Psalms 86:13

"For great is thy lovingkindness toward me; And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol." — Psalms 86:13 (ASV)

For great is your mercy toward me
Both in things temporal and spiritual; an instance of which follows:

and you have delivered my soul from the lowest hell ;
from a very distressed and disconsolate condition, being almost in despair, under a deep sense of sin, and a fearful apprehension of the wrath of God, as, particularly, when he was charged by Nathan; or from hell itself, and the severest punishment in it; from the second and eternal death, which every man is deserving of, and are only delivered from by the grace of God, and blood of Christ: this shows the sense the psalmist had of the just demerit of sin, and his thankfulness for deliverance from it; see (Psalms 56:13) . Kimchi interprets it of the grave; but says, there are some that interpret it of the judgment, or condemnation of hell: such who have escaped great dangers in long and perilous journeys, or have been delivered from threatening diseases, are said to be saved from hell ^F18 .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F18: Vide Heraclit. de Incredib. c. 21. p. 86.