The cords of death compassed me,\par\tab And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me:\par\tab I found trouble and sorrow.
Psalm 40:2 - American Standard Version 2015 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay;\par\tab And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and the poor: the Lord will deliver him in the evil day. |
The cords of death compassed me,\par\tab And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me:\par\tab I found trouble and sorrow.
Establish my footsteps in thy word;\par\tab And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul;\par\tab He hath smitten my life down to the ground:\par\tab He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
My steps have held fast to thy paths,\par\tab My feet have not slipped.
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me,\par\tab And my feet have not slipped.
Then the earth shook and trembled;\par\tab The foundations also of the mountains quaked\par\tab And were shaken, because he was wroth.
For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion:\par\tab In the covert of his tabernacle will he hide me;\par\tab He will lift me up upon a rock.
A man's goings are established of Jehovah;\par\tab And he delighteth in his way.
From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed:\par\tab Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing:\par\tab I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Thou, who hast showed us many and sore troubles,\par\tab Wilt quicken us again,\par\tab And wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
For great is thy lovingkindness toward me;\par\tab And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.
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.
As for thee also, because of the blood of thy covenant I have set free thy prisoners from the pit wherein is no water.
and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.\par
whom God raised up, having loosed the pangs of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.