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Psalms 40:2

He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיַּעֲלֵ֤נִי׀vai.ya.'a.Le.niand he brought up meH5927 →
מִבּ֥וֹרmi.Borfrom a pit ofH953 →
שָׁאוֹן֮sha.'OnroaringH7588 →
מִטִּ֪יטmi.Titfrom [the] mud ofH2916 →
הַיָּ֫וֵ֥ןhai.Ya.Venthe mireH3121 →
וַיָּ֖קֶםvai.Ya.kemand he setH6965 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
סֶ֥לַעSe.la'a rockH5553 →
רַגְלַ֗יrag.Laifeet myH7272 →
כּוֹנֵ֥ןko.Nenhe establishedH3559 →
אֲשֻׁרָֽי׃'a.shu.Raisteps myH838 →

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Psalms 37:23The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.Psalms 119:133Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.Psalms 27:5For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.Psalms 61:2From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.Matthew 7:24–25Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.Psalms 71:20Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.Psalms 18:19He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.Jonah 2:5–6The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.Psalms 69:2I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.Psalms 86:13For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.Psalms 69:14–15Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters.Zechariah 9:11As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.Psalms 18:36You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.Psalms 37:24Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.Acts 2:24But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.Jeremiah 38:6–12So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.Psalms 17:5My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.Psalms 143:3For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.

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