Psalm 40:2
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40:2He lifted me out of the watery pit,2
out of the slimy mud.3
He placed my feet on a rock
and gave me secure footing.4
Footnotes
- 2 Heb “cistern of roaring.” The Hebrew noun בּוֹר (bor, “cistern, pit”) is used metaphorically here of Sheol, the place of death, which is sometimes depicted as a raging sea (see Ps 18:4, 15–16). The noun שָׁאוֹן (sha’on, “roaring”) refers elsewhere to the crashing sound of the sea’s waves (see Ps 65:7).
- 3 Heb “from the mud of mud.” The Hebrew phrase translated “slimy mud” employs an appositional genitive. Two synonyms are joined in a construct relationship to emphasize the single idea. For a detailed discussion of the grammatical point with numerous examples, see Y. Avishur, “Pairs of Synonymous Words in the Construct State (and in Appositional Hendiadys) in Biblical Hebrew,” Semitics 2 (1971): 17–81.
- 4 Heb “he established my footsteps.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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