Psalms 40:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.”
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“He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.”
King James Version · Public Domain“He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay; And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And He doth cause me to come up From a pit of desolation--from mire of mud, And He raiseth up on a rock my feet, He is establishing my steps.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 40:2 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 17:5My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.
- Psalms 18:7Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
- Psalms 18:16He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
- Psalms 18:36You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
- Psalms 27:5For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.
- Psalms 37:23The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.
- Psalms 61:2From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
- Psalms 69:2I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.
- Psalms 69:14Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters.
- Psalms 71:20Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.
- Psalms 86:13For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.
- Psalms 116:3The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
- Psalms 119:133Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
- Psalms 142:6Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
- Psalms 143:3For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
- Isaiah 24:22They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.
- Jeremiah 38:6So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
- Lamentations 3:53They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.
- Jonah 2:5The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.
- Zechariah 9:11As for you,because of the blood of My covenant,I will release your prisonersfrom the waterless pit.
- Matthew 7:24Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
- Matthew 13:50and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Acts 2:24But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.
- Acts 2:27because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
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