Psalms 40:2

Psalms 40:2 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, Out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, And established my steps.

Context of Psalms 40:2

1I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry. 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. 3He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD. 4Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.

Psalms 40:2 word by word

וַיַּעֲלֵ֤נִי׀ מִבּ֥וֹר שָׁאוֹן֮ מִטִּ֪יט הַיָּ֫וֵ֥ן וַיָּ֖קֶם עַל־סֶ֥לַע רַגְלַ֗י כּוֹנֵ֥ן אֲשֻׁרָֽי׃Read the interlinear

• He lifted me upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: establishH5927
• from the pitבּוֹרbôr · pitH953
• of despairשָׁאוֹןshâ'ôn · roarH7588
• out of the miryיָוֵןyâvên · mireH3121
• clayטִיטţîyţ · mudH2916
• He setקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
• my feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• uponעַל‛al · uponH5921
• a rockסֶ֫לַעsela‛ · cragH5553
• made my footstepsאֲשׁוּר'âshûr 'ashshûr · stepH838
• firmכּוּןkûn · to establish: establishH3559

Cross-references for Psalms 40:2

• Psalms 18:16He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
• 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 86:13For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.
• Psalms 116:3The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
• Psalms 142:6Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
• 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.
• Isaiah 24:22They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.
• Jonah 2:5The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.
• Zechariah 9:11As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.
• Acts 2:24But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep Him in its grip.
• Matthew 13:50and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• 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.
• Jeremiah 38:6So 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.
• Lamentations 3:53They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon 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.

Commentaries on Psalms 40:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2A horrible pit - Literally, the sounding pit; where nothing was heard except the howlings of wild beasts, or the hollow sounds of winds reverberated and broken from the craggy sides and roof. The miry clay - Where the longer I stayed the deeper I sank, and was utterly unable to save myself. The Syriac and Arabic translate "The pit of perdition, and the mud of corruption." These are figurative expressions to point out the dreary, dismal, ruinous state of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2He brought me up also out of an horrible pit - Margin: “A pit of noise.” The word used here means a pit; a cistern; a prison; a dungeon; a grave. This last signification of the word is found in Psalm 28:1; Psalm 30:4; Psalm 88:4; Isaiah 38:18; Isaiah 14:19. It may refer to any calamity - or to trouble, like being in a pit - or it may refer to the grave. The word rendered “horrible” - שׁאון shâ'ôn - means properly “noise, uproar, tumult,” as of waters…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5The psalmist thanks the Lord for rescue and affirms that people can trust God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-171-3. The figures for deep distress are illustrated in Jeremiah's history (Jr 38:6-12). Patience and trust manifested in distress, deliverance in answer to prayer, and the blessed effect of it in eliciting praise from God's true worshippers, teach us that Christ's suffering is our example, and His deliverance our encouragement (He 5:7, 8; 12:3; 1Pe 4:12-16). inclined--(the ear, Psa 17:6), as if to catch the faintest sigh.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 40:2

• Clay
• Mire
• Pit
• Rock
• Seekers
• Testimony
• Thankfulness

In the dictionaries

• Cistern
• Praise
• Preach
• Tarrying
• Wish
• Going; Goings
• Horrible
• Pentateuch
• Psalms, Book of
• Messiah

Commentaries on Psalms 40

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings