Psalm 40:2

Good News Translation

He pulled me out of a dangerous pit, out of the deadly quicksand. He set me safely on a rock and made me secure.

Cross References

Psalm 116:3

The danger of death was all around me; the horrors of the grave closed in on me; I was filled with fear and anxiety.

Psalm 119:133

As you have promised, keep me from falling; don't let me be overcome by evil.

Psalm 143:3

My enemies have hunted me down and completely defeated me. They have put me in a dark prison, and I am like those who died long ago.

Psalm 17:5

I have always walked in your way and have never strayed from it.

Psalm 18:36

You have kept me from being captured, and I have never fallen.

Psalm 18:7

Then the earth trembled and shook; the foundations of the mountains rocked and quivered, because God was angry.

Psalm 27:5

In times of trouble he will shelter me; he will keep me safe in his Temple and make me secure on a high rock.

Psalm 37:23

The Lord guides us in the way we should go and protects those who please him.

Psalm 61:2

In despair and far from home I call to you! Take me to a safe refuge,

Psalm 69:2

I am sinking in deep mud, and there is no solid ground; I am out in deep water, and the waves are about to drown me.

Psalm 71:20

You have sent troubles and suffering on me, but you will restore my strength; you will keep me from the grave.

Psalm 86:13

How great is your constant love for me! You have saved me from the grave itself.

Isaiah 24:22

God will crowd kings together like prisoners in a pit. He will shut them in prison until the time of their punishment comes.

Zechariah 9:11

The Lord says, “Because of my covenant with you that was sealed by the blood of sacrifices, I will set your people free— free from the waterless pit of exile.

Matthew 13:50

and will throw them into the fiery furnace, where they will cry and gnash their teeth.

Acts 2:24

But God raised him from death, setting him free from its power, because it was impossible that death should hold him prisoner.