Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

I 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.

Bible References

Mountains

Deuteronomy 32:22
For fire has been kindled because of My anger
and burns to the depths of Sheol;
it devours the land and its produce,
and scorches the foundations of the mountains.
Psalm 65:6
You establish the mountains by Your power,
robed with strength.
Psalm 104:6
You covered it with the deep
as if it were a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains.
Isaiah 40:12
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand
or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand?
Who has gathered the dust of the earth in a measure
or weighed the mountains in a balance
and the hills in the scales?
Habakkuk 3:6
He stands and shakes the earth;
He looks and startles the nations.
The age-old mountains break apart;
the ancient hills sink down.
His pathways are ancient.

The earth

Job 38:4
Where were you when I established the earth?
Tell Me, if you have understanding.
Proverbs 8:25
I was delivered
before the mountains and hills were established,

Yet

Psalm 16:10
For You will not abandon me to Sheol;
You will not allow Your Faithful One to see decay.
Isaiah 38:17
Indeed, it was for my own welfare
that I had such great bitterness;
but Your love has delivered me
from the Pit of destruction,
for You have thrown all my sins behind Your back.
Acts 13:33
God has fulfilled this for us, their children, by raising up Jesus, as it is written in the second Psalm:

You are My Son;
today I have become Your Father.

Corruption

Job 33:24
and to be gracious to him and say,
“Spare him from going down to the Pit;
I have found a ransom,”
Psalm 30:3
Lord, You brought me up from Sheol;
You spared me from among those
going down to the Pit.
Psalm 55:23
God, You will bring them down
to the Pit of destruction;
men of bloodshed and treachery
will not live out half their days.
But I will trust in You.
Psalm 143:7
Answer me quickly, Lord;
my spirit fails.
Don’t hide Your face from me,
or I will be like those
going down to the Pit.

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