Verse 13
13. Lowest hell The lowest grave, or pit. שׁאול , ( sheol,) is generally used in this sense, and the same form of confession as in the text occurs Psalms 30:3, where the common version has grave “Thou hast brought up my soul from the grave.” And in Hosea 13:14, “I will ransom them from the power of the grave… O grave I will be thy destruction.” This deliverance from “the deepest sheol” ( grave) was a rescue from imminent and terrible destruction; it was as a resurrection from the dead. The remembrance of it now comes up to the psalmist, and becomes a ground of hope and pledge of renewed mercy.
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