Psalms 30:3 meaning and explanation

O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.

Psalms 30:3, Berean Standard Bible

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David is speaking, likely after a severe illness or crisis that nearly killed him. He credits the LORD alone with rescue, using two images for the realm of the dead: Sheol, the grave or underworld in Hebrew thought, and the Pit, a poetic parallel for the same place.

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