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Psalms 30:3

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O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
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  1. Psalms 16:10Rank 1 from verse 3
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    10For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

  2. Psalms 86:13Rank 2 from verse 3
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    13For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

  3. Isaiah 38:17–18Rank 3 from verse 3
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    17Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

    18For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

  4. Jonah 2:4–6Rank 4 from verse 3
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    4Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

    5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

    6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.

  5. Psalms 28:1Rank 5 from verse 3
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    1UNTO thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

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Psalms 30:3

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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hast

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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

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soul

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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

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grave

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Sense 1: The place of the dead or of burial; a tomb, burial place, or pit. Sense 2: To cut, carve, or engrave. Sense 3: As an adjective, serious, sober, dignified, or worthy of respect.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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alive

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Sense 1: Living; having life; not dead. Sense 2: Continuing or active in life, force, or operation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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pit

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Sense 1: A hole, cavity, cistern, dungeon, trap, or place of confinement. Sense 2: The grave, deep ruin, or a place of judgment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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2O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

3O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

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4Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

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