Psalm 40:2
He lifted me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
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brought

Psalm 18:16, 17
He reached from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters. . . .

Psalm 71:20
Though you have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.

Psalm 86:13
For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.

Psalm 116:3
The ropes of death entangled me, and the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.

Psalm 142:6, 7
Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me. . . .

Psalm 143:3
For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.

Isaiah 24:22
They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.

Jonah 2:5, 6
The waters engulfed me up to the neck; the watery depths overcame me; the seaweed wrapped around my head. . . .

Zechariah 9:11
As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.

Acts 2:24, 27-31
But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches. . . .

horrible pit [heb.

Matthew 13:50
and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

the miry

Psalm 69:2, 14, 15
I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me. . . .

Jeremiah 38:6-12
So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king's son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud. . . .

Lamentations 3:53-55
They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones at me. . . .

set

Psalm 27:5
For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.

Psalm 61:2
From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Matthew 7:24, 25
Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. . . .

established

Psalm 17:5
My steps have clung to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.

Psalm 18:36
You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.

Psalm 37:23
The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD, and He delights in his way.

Psalm 119:133
Establish my steps through Your promise; let no sin rule over me.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm.

King James Bible
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 Christian Standard Bible
He brought me up from a desolate pit, 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.

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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he brought me up from the pit of misery and from the mire of destruction; he set my feet upon a rock and he has made my ways ready.
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