Psalm 40:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

² He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay; And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

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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 cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me I found trouble and sorrow

Psalm 119:133

Order my footsteps in thy word; And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

Psalm 143:3

For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

Psalm 17:5

My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.

Psalm 18:36

Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.

Psalm 18:7

Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations also of the mountains moved And were shaken, because he was wroth.

Psalm 27:5

For in the day of trouble he shall keep me secretly in his pavilion: In the covert of his tabernacle shall he hide me; He shall lift me up upon a rock.

Psalm 37:23

A man's goings are established of the LORD; And he delighteth in his way.

Psalm 61:2

From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Psalm 69:2

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

Psalm 71:20

Thou, which hast shewed us many and sore troubles, Shalt quicken us again, And shalt bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

Psalm 86:13

For great is thy mercy toward me; And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest pit.

Isaiah 24:22

And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.

Zechariah 9:11

As for thee also, because of the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.

Matthew 13:50

and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Acts 2:24

whom God raised up, having loosed the pangs of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.