Psalm 40:2
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New International Version (©1984)
He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
He pulled me out of a horrible pit, out of the mud and clay. He set my feet on a rock and made my steps secure.

King James Bible
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.

American King James Version
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet on a rock, and established my goings.

American Standard Version
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.

Bible in Basic English
He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he heard my prayers, and brought me out of the pit of misery and the mire of dregs. And he set my feet upon a rock, and directed my steps.

Darby Bible Translation
And he brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock; he hath established my goings:

English Revised Version
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

World English Bible
He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.

Young's Literal Translation
And He doth cause me to come up From a pit of desolation -- from mire of mud, And He raiseth up on a rock my feet, He is establishing my steps.

Geneva Study Bible

He brought me up also out of an {b} horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

(b) He has delivered me from great dangers.

Wesley's Notes

40:2 Pit - Desperate dangers and calamities. Rock - A place of strength and safety. Established - Kept me from falling into mischief.

King James Translators' Notes

an...: Heb. a pit of noise

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

40:1-5 Doubts and fears about the eternal state, are a horrible pit and miry clay, and have been so to many a dear child of God. There is power enough in God to help the weakest, and grace enough to help the unworthiest of all that trust in him. The psalmist waited patiently; he continued believing, hoping, and praying. This is applicable to Christ. His agony, in the garden and on the cross, was a horrible pit and miry clay. But those that wait patiently for God do not wait in vain. Those that have been under religious melancholy, and by the grace of God have been relieved, may apply ver. 2 very feelingly to themselves; they are brought up out of a horrible pit. Christ is the Rock on which a poor soul can alone stand fast. Where God has given stedfast hope, he expects there should be a steady, regular walk and conduct. God filled the psalmist with joy, as well as peace in believing. Multitudes, by faith beholding the sufferings and glory of Christ, have learned to fear the justice and trust in the mercy of God through Him. Many are the benefits with which we are daily loaded, both by the providence and by the grace of God.


Psalm 27:5 For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle; In the secret place of His tent He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock.
Psalm 37:23 The steps of a man are established by the LORD, And He delights in his way.
Psalm 69:2 I have sunk in deep mire, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me.
Psalm 69:14 Deliver me from the mire and do not let me sink; May I be delivered from my foes and from the deep waters.
Jeremiah 38:6 Then they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchijah the king's son, which was in the court of the guardhouse; and they let Jeremiah down with ropes. Now in the cistern there was no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank into the mud. (NASB ©1995)

Clay Deep Desolate Destruction Drew Earth Established Feet Firm Footsteps Goings Horrible Lifted Making Miry Mud Pit Rock Secure Soft Stand Steps Sticky Tumultuous Waste


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.

brought Ps 18:16,17 71:20 86:13 116:3 142:6,7 143:3 Isa 24:22 Jon 2:5,6 Zec 9:11 Ac 2:24,27-31

horrible pit [heb.] pit of noise Mt 13:50

the miry Ps 69:2,14,15 Jer 38:6-12 La 3:53-55

set Ps 27:5 61:2 Mt 7:24,25

established Ps 17:5 18:36 37:23 119:133

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