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Psalm 40:2

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2He brought me up out of the apit of destruction, out of the 1miry clay,

And bHe set my feet upon a rock cmaking my footsteps firm.

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Psalm 40:2–3: 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. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the LORD.

Footnotes

  1. 1Lit mud of the mire

Cross references

  1. aPs 69:2, 14; Jer 38:6
  2. bPs 27:5
  3. cPs 37:23

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He brought me up from a desolate pit,

out of the muddy clay,

and set my feet on a rock,

making my steps secure.

NLTNew Living Translation

He lifted me out of the pit of despair,

out of the mud and the mire.

He set my feet on solid ground

and steadied me as I walked along.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And so he brought me up from the roaring pit,

from the miry clay.

And he put my feet upon a rock;

he made my steps steady.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.