Parallel Verses
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.
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:
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.
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 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 Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for Jehovah; and He bowed down to me, and heard my cry. 2 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. 3 And He has put a new song in my mouth, praise to our God; many shall see it and fear, and shall trust in Jehovah.
Cross References
Psalm 27:5
For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His shelter, in the secrecy of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me up on a rock.
Psalm 37:23
The steps of a good man are ordered by Jehovah; and He delights in his way.
Psalm 69:2
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Psalm 17:5
My steps have been held in Your paths, so that my footsteps have not slipped.
Psalm 18:16-17
He sent from above, He took me, He drew me out of many waters.
Psalm 18:36
You have given a wide place for my steps under me, so that my feet have not slipped.
Psalm 61:2
From the end of the earth I cry to You when my heart is faint; Lead me to the Rock higher than I.
Psalm 69:14-15
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink; let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.
Psalm 71:20
who has shown me great and evil distresses; You will turn me; You will make me live. You will turn me from the depths of the earth, You will bring me up.
Psalm 86:13
For great is Your mercy toward me; and You have delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
Psalm 116:3
The sorrows of death hemmed me in, and the pains of hell took hold on me; I found trouble and sorrow.
Psalm 119:133
Order my steps in Your Word; and do not let any iniquity rule over me.
Psalm 142:6-7
Hear my cry; for I am brought very low; deliver me from my pursuers; for they are stronger than I.
Psalm 143:3
For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has beaten my life down to the ground; he has made me dwell in darkness, as those long dead.
Isaiah 24:22
And they shall be gathered, as prisoners are gathered in a dungeon. And they shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days they shall be judged.
Jeremiah 38:6-12
And they took Jeremiah and threw him into the pit of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, which was in the court of the prison. And they let Jeremiah down with ropes. And there was no water in the pit, only mud. So Jeremiah sank into the mud.
Lamentations 3:53-55
They have cut off my life in the pit, and cast a stone at me.
Jonah 2:5-6
Waters encompassed me, even to the soul; the depth closed around me; the seaweed was bound to my head.
Zechariah 9:11
You also, by the blood of Your covenant I have freed Your prisoners out of the pit in which is no water.
Matthew 7:24-25
Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on a rock.
Matthew 13:50
and shall cast them into the furnace of fire. There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Acts 2:24
whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.
Acts 2:27-31
because You will not leave My soul in Hades, nor will You allow Your holy One to see corruption.