Psalm 40:2

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Psalm 40:2

He brought me up from a desolate pit,
out of the muddy clay,
and set my feet on a rock,
making my steps secure.

Psalm 27:5

For He will conceal me in His shelter
in the day of adversity;
He will hide me under the cover of His tent;
He will set me high on a rock.

Psalm 37:23

A man’s steps are established by the Lord,
and He takes pleasure in his way.

Psalm 69:2

I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing;
I have come into deep waters,
and a flood sweeps over me.

Psalm 17:5

My steps are on Your paths;
my feet have not slipped.

Psalm 18:16-17

He reached down from heaven
and took hold of me;
He pulled me out of deep waters.

Psalm 18:36

You widen a place beneath me for my steps,
and my ankles do not give way.

Psalm 61:2

I call to You from the ends of the earth
when my heart is without strength.
Lead me to a rock that is high above me,

Psalm 69:14-15

Rescue me from the miry mud; don’t let me sink.
Let me be rescued from those who hate me
and from the deep waters.

Psalm 71:20

You caused me to experience
many troubles and misfortunes,
but You will revive me again.
You will bring me up again,
even from the depths of the earth.

Psalm 86:13

For Your faithful love for me is great,
and You deliver my life from the depths of Sheol.

Psalm 116:3

The ropes of death were wrapped around me,
and the torments of Sheol overcame me;
I encountered trouble and sorrow.

Psalm 119:133

Make my steps steady through Your promise;
don’t let any sin dominate me.

Psalm 142:6-7

Listen to my cry,
for I am very weak.
Rescue me from those who pursue me,
for they are too strong for me.

Psalm 143:3

For the enemy has pursued me,
crushing me to the ground,
making me live in darkness
like those long dead.

Isaiah 24:22

They will be gathered together
like prisoners in a pit.
They will be confined to a dungeon;
after many days they will be punished.

So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah the king’s son, which was in the guard’s courtyard, lowering Jeremiah with ropes. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.

Lamentations 3:53-55

They dropped me alive into a pit
and threw stones at me.

Jonah 2:5-6

The waters engulfed me up to the neck;
the watery depths overcame me;
seaweed was wrapped around my head.

Zechariah 9:11

As for you,
because of the blood of your covenant,
I will release your prisoners
from the waterless cistern.

Matthew 7:24-25

“Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on the rock.

Matthew 13:50

and throw them into the blazing furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Acts 2:24

God raised Him up, ending the pains of death, because it was not possible for Him to be held by it.

Acts 2:27-31

because You will not leave me in Hades
or allow Your Holy One to see decay.

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Summary

Psalm 40:2

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.

Horrible pit

Matthew 13:50

The miry

Psalm 69:2

Jeremiah 38:6

Lamentations 3:53

Set

Psalm 27:5

Psalm 61:2

Matthew 7:24

Established

General references

Lamentations 3:55

Jonah 2:5

Matthew 5:4

Bible References

Horrible pit

and throw them into the blazing furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

The miry

I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing;
I have come into deep waters,
and a flood sweeps over me.

They dropped me alive into a pit
and threw stones at me.

Set

For He will conceal me in His shelter
in the day of adversity;
He will hide me under the cover of His tent;
He will set me high on a rock.

I call to You from the ends of the earth
when my heart is without strength.
Lead me to a rock that is high above me,

“Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on the rock.

Established

My steps are on Your paths;
my feet have not slipped.

You widen a place beneath me for my steps,
and my ankles do not give way.

A man’s steps are established by the Lord,
and He takes pleasure in his way.

Make my steps steady through Your promise;
don’t let any sin dominate me.

General references

ק QofI called on Your name, Yahweh,
from the depths of the Pit.

The waters engulfed me up to the neck;

the watery depths overcame me;
seaweed was wrapped around my head.

Those who mourn are blessed,

for they will be comforted.