Isaiah 38:17
“Indeed, it was for my own well-being that I had such bitterness;
But You have loved back my life from the pit of nothingness (destruction),
For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
Psalm 30:3
O Lord, You have brought my life up from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead);
You have kept me alive, so that I would not go down to the pit (grave).
Isaiah 43:25
“I, only I, am He who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake,
And I will not remember your sins.
Jeremiah 31:34
And each man will no longer teach his neighbor and his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all know Me [through personal experience], from the least of them to the greatest,” says the Lord. “For I will forgive their wickedness, and I will no longer remember their sin.”
Psalm 86:13
For great is Your lovingkindness and graciousness toward me;
And You have rescued my life from the depths of Sheol [from death].
Jonah 2:6
“I descended to the [very] roots of the mountains.
The earth with its bars closed behind me [bolting me in] forever,
Yet You have brought up my life from the pit (death), O Lord my God.
Job 3:25-26
“For the thing which I greatly fear comes upon me,
And that of which I am afraid has come upon me.
Job 29:18
“Then I said, ‘I shall die in my nest,
And I shall multiply my days as the sand.
Psalm 10:2
In pride and arrogance the wicked hotly pursue and persecute the afflicted;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
Psalm 30:6-7
As for me, in my prosperity I said,
“I shall never be moved.”
Psalm 40:2
He brought me up out of a horrible pit [of tumult and of destruction], out of the miry clay,
And He set my feet upon a rock, steadying my footsteps and establishing my path.
Psalm 85:2
You have forgiven the wickedness of Your people;
You have covered all their sin. Selah.
Psalm 88:4-6
I am counted among those who go down to the pit (grave);
I am like a man who has no strength [a mere shadow],
Micah 7:18-19
Who is a God like You, who forgives wickedness
And passes over the rebellious acts of the remnant of His possession?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He [constantly] delights in mercy and lovingkindness.
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Summary
For peace i had great bitterness
In love to my soul delivered it from the pit
Thou hast cast
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Bible References
For peace i had great bitterness
“For the thing which I greatly fear comes upon me,
And that of which I am afraid has come upon me.
“Then I said, ‘I shall die in my nest,
And I shall multiply my days as the sand.
As for me, in my prosperity I said,
“I shall never be moved.”
In love to my soul delivered it from the pit
O Lord, You have brought my life up from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead);
You have kept me alive, so that I would not go down to the pit (grave).
He brought me up out of a horrible pit [of tumult and of destruction], out of the miry clay,
And He set my feet upon a rock, steadying my footsteps and establishing my path.
For great is Your lovingkindness and graciousness toward me;
And You have rescued my life from the depths of Sheol [from death].
I am counted among those who go down to the pit (grave);
I am like a man who has no strength [a mere shadow],
“I descended to the [very] roots of the mountains.
The earth with its bars closed behind me [bolting me in] forever,
Yet You have brought up my life from the pit (death), O Lord my God.
Thou hast cast
“I, only I, am He who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake,
And I will not remember your sins.
In pride and arrogance the wicked hotly pursue and persecute the afflicted;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
You have forgiven the wickedness of Your people;
You have covered all their sin. Selah.
Who is a God like You, who forgives wickedness
And passes over the rebellious acts of the remnant of His possession?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He [constantly] delights in mercy and lovingkindness.