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 27:5
For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter;
In the secret place of His tent He will hide me;
He will lift me up on a rock.
Psalm 37:23
The steps of a [good and righteous] man are directed and established by the Lord,
And He delights in his way [and blesses his path].
Psalm 69:2
I have sunk in deep mire, where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters, where a flood overwhelms me.
Psalm 17:5
My steps have held closely to Your paths;
My feet have not staggered.
Psalm 18:16-17
He reached from on high, He took me;
He drew me out of many waters.
Psalm 18:36
You enlarge the path beneath me and make my steps secure,
So that my feet will not slip.
Psalm 61:2
From the end of the earth I call to You, when my heart is overwhelmed and weak;
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I [a rock that is too high to reach without Your help].
Psalm 69:14-15
Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink;
Let me be rescued from those who hate me and from the deep waters.
Psalm 71:20
You who have shown
Will revive and renew me again,
And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
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].
Psalm 116:3
The cords and sorrows of death encompassed me,
And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;
I found distress and sorrow.
Psalm 119:133
Establish my footsteps in [the way of] Your word;
Do not let any human weakness have power over me [causing me to be separated from You].
Psalm 142:6-7
“Give attention to my cry,
For I am brought very low;
Rescue me from my persecutors,
For they are stronger than I.
Psalm 143:3
For the enemy has persecuted me,
He has crushed my life down to the ground;
He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have been long dead.
Isaiah 24:22
They will be gathered together
As prisoners [are gathered] in a dungeon;
They will be shut up in prison,
And after many days they will be visited and punished.
Jeremiah 38:6-12
So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the
Lamentations 3:53-55
They silenced me in the pit
And placed a stone over me.
Jonah 2:5-6
“The waters surrounded me, to the point of death.
The great deep engulfed me,
Seaweed was wrapped around my head.
Zechariah 9:11
As for you also, because of the blood of My covenant with you [My chosen people, the covenant that was sealed with blood]
I have freed your prisoners from the waterless pit.
Matthew 7:24-25
Matthew 13:50
Acts 2:24
But God raised Him up, releasing Him and bringing an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in death’s power.
Acts 2:27-31
‘For You will not forsake me and abandon my soul to Hades (the realm of the dead),
Nor let Your Holy One undergo decay [after death].
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Horrible pit
The miry
Established
General references
Bible References
Horrible pit
The miry
I have sunk in deep mire, where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters, where a flood overwhelms me.
They silenced me in the pit
And placed a stone over me.
Set
For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter;
In the secret place of His tent He will hide me;
He will lift me up on a rock.
From the end of the earth I call to You, when my heart is overwhelmed and weak;
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I [a rock that is too high to reach without Your help].
Established
My steps have held closely to Your paths;
My feet have not staggered.
You enlarge the path beneath me and make my steps secure,
So that my feet will not slip.
The steps of a [good and righteous] man are directed and established by the Lord,
And He delights in his way [and blesses his path].
Establish my footsteps in [the way of] Your word;
Do not let any human weakness have power over me [causing me to be separated from You].
General references
I called on Your name, O Lord,
Out of the lowest pit.
“The waters surrounded me, to the point of death.
The great deep engulfed me,
Seaweed was wrapped around my head.