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Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
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Saved from the Brink of Death
Commentators agree that the psalmist is using powerful, poetic language to describe a near-death experience. Terms like 'Sheol' (the grave) and 'the pit' signify that he was on the brink of death. His rescue was so profound it felt like being pulled back from the underworld itself, a miraculous preservation by God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
O, Lord, you have brought up my soul from the grave — My life; me. The meaning is that he had been in imminent danger of death and …
19th Century
Anglican
Grave. — Sheôl (See Note to Psalm 6:5).
That I should not go down to the pit. — This follows a rea…
Baptist
Here is a double mercy to sing of — not dead, and not damned.
Life spared is something for which to praise the Lord, but to have the soul sav…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
O Lord, you have brought up my soul from the graveWhen his life being in danger, was near to it ([Reference Job 33:2…
The great things the Lord has done for us, both by his providence and by his grace, bind us in gratitude to do all we can to advance his kingdom am…
13th Century
Catholic
1. In the previous psalm, the prophet exhorted others to give thanks; here he now gives thanks himself.
The title is a psalm of a s…
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