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, and he turned to me and heard my cry for help. He brought me up from a desolate pit, out of the muddy clay, and set my feet on a rock, making my steps secure. 3He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and they will trust in the Lord. 4How happy is anyone who has put his trust in the Lord and has not turned to the proud or to those who run after lies!

Psalms 40:2 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• He brought me upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: establishH5927
• also out of an horribleשָׁאוֹןshâ'ôn · roarH7588
• pitבּוֹרbôr · pitH953
• out of the miryיָוֵןyâvên · mireH3121
• clayטִיטţîyţ · mudH2916
• and setקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
• my feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• upon a rockסֶ֫לַעsela‛ · cragH5553
• establishedכּוּןkûn · to establish: establishH3559
• my goingsאֲשׁוּר'âshûr 'ashshûr · stepH838

Cross-references for Psalms 40:2

• Psalms 18:16He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he pulled me out of deep water.
• Psalms 71:20You caused me to experience many troubles and misfortunes, but you will revive me again. You will bring me up again, even from the depths of the earth.
• Psalms 86:13For your faithful love for me is great, and you rescue my life from the depths of Sheol.
• Psalms 116:3The ropes of death were wrapped around me, and the torments of Sheol overcame me; I encountered trouble and sorrow.
• Psalms 142:6Listen to my cry, for I am very weak. Rescue me from those who pursue me, for they are too strong for me.
• Psalms 143:3For the enemy has pursued me, crushing me to the ground, making me live in darkness like those long dead.
• Isaiah 24:22They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon; after many days they will be punished.
• Jonah 2:5The water engulfed me up to the neck; the watery depths overcame me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.
• Zechariah 9:11As for you, because of the blood of your covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless cistern.
• Acts 2:24God raised him up, ending the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by death.
• Matthew 13:50and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Psalms 69:2I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing; I have come into deep water, and a flood sweeps over me.
• Jeremiah 38:6So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah the king’s son, which was in the guard’s courtyard, lowering Jeremiah with ropes. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.
• Lamentations 3:53They smothered my life in a pit and threw stones on me.
• Psalms 27:5For he will conceal me in his shelter in the day of adversity; he will hide me under the cover of his tent; he will set me high on a rock.
• Psalms 61:2I call to you from the ends of the earth when my heart is without strength. Lead me to a rock that is high above me,

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