Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And he will bring me up from the pit of destruction, from the clay of mire, and he will set my feet upon a rock, preparing my goings.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
out of the muddy clay,
and set my feet on a rock,
making my steps secure.
International Standard Version
He plucked me out of a pit of confusion, even out of the quicksand; he placed my feet on a rock and established my steps.
A Conservative Version
He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
American Standard Version
He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay; And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
Amplified
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.
Bible in Basic English
He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.
Darby Translation
And he brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock; he hath established my goings:
King James 2000
He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And [so] he brought me up from [the] roaring pit, from the miry clay. And he put my feet upon a rock; he made my steps steady.
Modern King James verseion
He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet on a rock, and gave sureness to my steps.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He brought me out of the horrible pit, out of the mire and clay; he set my feet upon the rock, and ordered my goings.
NET Bible
He lifted me out of the watery pit, out of the slimy mud. He placed my feet on a rock and gave me secure footing.
New Heart English Bible
He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.
The Emphasized Bible
So he brought me up, Out of the destroying pit, Out of the swampy mire, - And set, upon a cliff, my feet, Making firm my steps:
Webster
He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
World English Bible
He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.
Youngs Literal Translation
And He doth cause me to come up From a pit of desolation -- from mire of mud, And He raiseth up on a rock my feet, He is establishing my steps.
Themes
Established » Security of the saints » They are firmly established
Feet » People found at Christ's » Of the saints
Feet » Illustrative » (set on a rock,) of stability
Praise » Is due to God on account of » Deliverance
The righteous » Saints » Steps of
The righteous » Saints » The feet of
Rocks » Illustrative of » A place of safety
Saints » God's knowledge of the saints » Steps of
Saints » Death of » The feet of
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 40:2
Images Psalm 40:2
Prayers for Psalm 40:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Thanksgiving And A Cry For Help
1 To the overseer: of David chanting. Waiting, I waited for Jehovah, and he will incline to me, and he will hear my cry. 2 And he will bring me up from the pit of destruction, from the clay of mire, and he will set my feet upon a rock, preparing my goings. 3 And he will give a new song in my mouth, praise to our God: many shall see and fear, and they shall trust in Jehovah.
Cross References
Psalm 27:5
For he will hide me in the booth in the day of evil: he will cover me with the covering of his tent; he will lift me up upon a rock.
Psalm 37:23
From Jehovah the steps of a man were prepared, and he will delight in his way.
Psalm 69:2
I sank in mire of depth, and no standing: I came into depths of waters and the floods overwhelmed me.
Psalm 17:5
Hold up my being straight in thy ways, my steps be not moved
Psalm 18:16-17
He will send forth from on high, he will take me, he will draw me out of many waters.
Psalm 18:36
Thou wilt make broad my steps under me and my joints did not waver.
Psalm 61:2
From the end of the earth I will call to thee, in the fainting of my heart: thou wilt lead me into the rock it will be lifted up above me.
Psalm 69:14-15
Deliver me from the mire and I shall not sink: I shall be delivered from those hating me, and from the depths of waters.
Psalm 71:20
Who didst cause us to see great straits and evils; thou wilt turn back, thou wilt preserve us alive, and from the depths of the earth thou wilt turn back, thou wilt bring us up.
Psalm 86:13
For thy mercy is great upon me, and thou didst deliver my soul from hades below.
Psalm 116:3
The pains of death surrounded me, and the distresses of hades found me: shall find straits and affliction.
Psalm 119:133
Prepare my steps in thy word, and all iniquity shall not rule over me.
Psalm 142:6-7
Attend to my cry, for I languished greatly: deliver me from those pursuing me, for they were strengthened above me.
Psalm 143:3
For the enemy pursued my soul; he crushed to the earth my life; he caused me to dwell in darknesses, as the dead of old.
Isaiah 24:22
And they gathered a collection of the bound into the dungeon. and they were shut up into a shutting up, and after many days they shall be reviewed.
Jeremiah 38:6-12
And they will take Jeremiah and send him to the pit of Malchiah son of the king which was in the enclosure of the prison: and they will cast Jeremiah with cords, and in the pit no water but mud: and Jeremiah will sink in the mud.
Lamentations 3:53-55
They cut off my life in the pit, and cast a stone upon me.
Jonah 2:5-6
The waters encompassed me even to the soul: the deep will surround me, the sedge was bound to my head.
Zechariah 9:11
Also thou by the blood of thy covenant I sent forth thy bound ones from the pit no water in it
Matthew 7:24-25
Therefore, every one which hears these my words and does them, I will liken him to a discerning man which built his house upon the rock.
Matthew 13:50
And they shall cast them into a furnace of fire; there shall there be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Acts 2:24
Whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death: as it was not possible for him to be holden of it.
Acts 2:27-31
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hades neither wilt thou give thy sanctified one to see corruption.