Psalm 40:2

Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter)

He took me from a fearful pit, and from the miry clay, And on a rock he set my feet, establishing my way.

Cross References

Psalm 37:23

A good man's footsteps by the Lord are ordered aright; And in the way wherein he walks he greatly doth delight.

Psalm 119:133

O let my footsteps in thy word aright still order'd be: Let no iniquity obtain dominion over me.

Psalm 27:5

For he in his pavilion shall me hide in evil days; In secret of his tent me hide, and on a rock me raise.

Psalm 61:2

From th' utmost corner of the land my cry to thee I'll send. What time my heart is overwhelm'd, and in perplexity, Do thou me lead unto the Rock that higher is than I.

Psalm 71:20

Thou, Lord, who great adversities, and sore, to me didst show, Shalt quicken, and bring me again from depths of earth below.

Psalm 86:13

Because thy mercy toward me in greatness doth excel; And thou deliver'd hast my soul out from the lowest hell.

Psalm 69:2

I downward in deep mire do sink, where standing there is none: I am into deep waters come, where floods have o'er me gone.

Psalm 18:36

And in my way my steps thou hast enlarged under me, That I go safely, and my feet are kept from sliding free.

Psalm 143:3

For th' en'my hath pursu'd my soul, my life to ground down tread: In darkness he hath made me dwell, as who have long been dead.

Psalm 17:5

Hold up my goings, Lord, me guide in those thy paths divine, So that my footsteps may not slide out of those ways of thine.

Psalm 116:3

Of death the cords and sorrows did about me compass round; The pains of hell took hold on me, I grief and trouble found.

Psalm 18:7

Th' earth, as affrighted, then did shake, trembling upon it seiz'd: The hills' foundations moved were, because he was displeas'd.