Psalms 40:2

In 11 translations

BSB

He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.

KJV

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.an…: Heb. a pit of noise

WEB

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.

ASV

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.

LSV

And He causes me to come up || From a pit of desolation—from mire of mud, || And He raises up my feet on a rock, || He is establishing my steps.

YLT

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.

DBY

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:

DRC39:3

And he heard my prayers, and brought me out of the pit of misery and the mire of dregs. And he set my feet upon a rock, and directed my steps.

GNV

Hee brought mee also out of the horrible pit, out of the myrie clay, and set my feete vpon the rocke, and ordered my goings.

JPS40:3

He brought me up also out of the tumultuous pit, out of the miry clay; and He set my feet upon a rock, He established my goings.

LXXE39:3

And he brought me up out of a pit of misery, and from miry clay: and he set my feet on a rock, and ordered my goings aright.

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Original-language editions

WLC40:3

וַיַּעֲלֵ֤נִי ׀ מִבּ֥וֹר שָׁאוֹן֮ מִטִּ֪יט הַיָּ֫וֵ֥ן וַיָּ֖קֶם עַל־סֶ֥לַע רַגְלַ֗י כּוֹנֵ֥ן אֲשֻׁרָֽי׃KJV:Ps.40.2

LXX-Br39:3

Καὶ ἀνήγαγέ με ἐκ λάκκου ταλαιπωρίας, καὶ ἀπὸ πηλοῦ ἰλύος· καὶ ἔστησεν ἐπὶ πέτραν τοὺς πόδας μου, καὶ κατεύθυνε τὰ διαβήματά μου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 37:23The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.
• Psalms 119:133Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
• Psalms 27:5For 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.
• Psalms 61:2From 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 7:24–25Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not…
• Psalms 71:20Though 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.
• Jonah 2:5–6The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head. To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my…
• Psalms 69:14–15Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters. Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.
• Psalms 86:13For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.
• Psalms 69:2I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.
• Zechariah 9:11As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.
• Psalms 18:36You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
• Acts 2:24But 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.
• Jeremiah 38:6–12So 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…
• Psalms 17:5My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.
• Psalms 18:16–17He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters. He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.

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