O LORD, you have brought up my soul from the grave: you have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
4. "O Lord, Thou hast brought back My Soul from hell, and Thou hast saved Me from them that go down into the pit" (ver. 3).Thou hast saved Me from the condition of profound darkness, and the lowest slough of corruptible flesh.
Hell. Preserving me from great dangers of sinning, (Worthington) or from death.
Saved. Hebrew, "granted me life. "This may all be explained of Christ's resurrection. (Calmet)