Psalms 86:13 - Exposition

For great is thy mercy toward me (see Psalms 86:5 ). And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell . The actual deliverance was from death ( Psalms 86:14 ); but death involved descent into Hades, so that those who were delivered from the one were at the same time delivered from the other. The expression translated "the lowest hell" means no more than "Hades which is beneath the earth." No comparison is made of one part of Hades with another.