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.
The earth
Corruption
Bible References
Mountains
Deuteronomy 32:22
For a fire has been kindled by my anger, and it burns to lowest Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and ignites the foundations of the mountains.
Psalm 65:6
You created the mountains by your power, and demonstrated your strength.
Psalm 104:6
The watery deep covered it like a garment; the waters reached above the mountains.
Isaiah 40:12
Who has measured out the waters in the hollow of his hand, or carefully measured the sky, or carefully weighed the soil of the earth, or weighed the mountains in a balance, or the hills on scales?
Habakkuk 3:6
He takes his battle position and shakes the earth; with a mere look he frightens the nations. The ancient mountains disintegrate; the primeval hills are flattened. He travels on the ancient roads.
The earth
Job 38:4
"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding!
Proverbs 8:25
before the mountains were set in place -- before the hills -- I was born,
Yet
Psalm 16:10
You will not abandon me to Sheol; you will not allow your faithful follower to see the Pit.
Isaiah 38:17
"Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight.
Acts 13:33
that this promise God has fulfilled to us, their children, by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second psalm, 'You are my Son; today I have fathered you.'
Corruption
Job 33:24
and if God is gracious to him and says, 'Spare him from going down to the place of corruption, I have found a ransom for him,'
Psalm 30:3
O Lord, you pulled me up from Sheol; you rescued me from among those descending into the grave.
Psalm 55:23
But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.
Psalm 143:7
Answer me quickly, Lord! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.