The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.
Psalm 40:2 - English Standard Version 2016 He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. 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 snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.
Keep steady my steps according to your promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me.
For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.
Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations also of the mountains trembled and quaked, because he was angry.
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 lift me high upon a rock.
The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way;
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,
I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me.
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.
For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
They will be gathered together as prisoners in a pit; they will be shut up in a prison, and after many days they will be punished.
As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.