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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)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.

Context of Psalms 40:2

1I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. 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. 3He 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. 4Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie!

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 sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters.
• Psalms 71:20You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again.
• Psalms 86:13For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
• Psalms 116:3The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.
• Psalms 142:6Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low! Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me!
• Psalms 143:3For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
• Isaiah 24:22They will be gathered together as prisoners in a pit; they will be shut up in a prison, and after many days they will be punished.
• Jonah 2:5The waters closed in over me to take my life; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head
• Zechariah 9:11As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
• Acts 2:24God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
• Matthew 13:50and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Psalms 69:2I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me.
• Jeremiah 38:6So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king's son, which was in the court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down by ropes. And there was no water in the cistern, but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.
• Lamentations 3:53they flung me alive into the pit and cast stones on me;
• Psalms 27:5For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will lift me high upon a rock.
• Psalms 61:2from the end of the earth I call to you when 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