Psalm 40:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² He drew me up out of a horrible pit [a pit of tumult and of destruction], out of the miry clay (froth and slime), and set my feet upon a rock, steadying my steps and establishing my goings.

American Standard Version (1901)

² 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.

Common English Bible

² He lifted me out of the pit of death, out of the mud and filth, and set my feet on solid rock. He steadied my legs.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Blessed is he who shows understanding toward the needy and the poor. The Lord will deliver him in the evil day.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and the poor: the Lord will deliver him in the evil day.

Psalm 40:2 Cross References

Psalm 116:3

The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.

Psalm 119:133

Keep my steps steady according to your promise, and never let iniquity have dominion over me.

Psalm 143:3

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

Psalm 17:5

My steps have held fast to your paths; my feet have not slipped.

Psalm 18:36

You gave me a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.

Psalm 18:7

Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations also of the mountains trembled and reeled because he was angry.

Psalm 27:5

For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will set me high on a rock.

Psalm 37:23

Our steps are made firm by the Lord when he delights in our way;

Psalm 61:2

From the end of the earth I call to you, when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I,

Psalm 69:2

I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me.

Psalm 71:20

You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again.

Psalm 86:13

For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

Isaiah 24:22

They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit; they will be shut up in a prison, and after many days they will be punished.

Zechariah 9:11

As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.

Matthew 13:50

and throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Acts 2:24

But God raised him up, having released him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for him to be held in its power.