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Psalms 40:2

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.

KJV

Beatus qui intelligit super egenum et pauperem : in die mala liberabit eum Dominus.

Vulgate

Μακάριος ὁ συνίων ἐπὶ πτωχὸν καὶ πὲνητα, ἐν ἡμέρᾳ πονηρᾷ ῥύσεται αὐτὸν ὁ κύριος.

LXX

He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay; And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

ASV

קַוֺּ֣ה קִוִּ֣יתִי יְהוָ֑ה וַ/יֵּ֥ט אֵ֝לַ֗/י וַ/יִּשְׁמַ֥ע שַׁוְעָתִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
י
y
noun · 11×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
נָטִ֤יתִי
ntyty
verb · 216×
קַוֵּ֥ה
qvh
verb · 48×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2657The Holy Spirit, who instructs us to celebrate the liturgy in expectation of Christ's return, teaches us - to pray in hope. Conversely, the prayer of the Church and personal prayer nourish hope in us. the psalms especially, with their concrete and varied language, teach us to fix our hope in God: "I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry."8 As St. Pau…
City of God · 2 passages
Chapter 32.—Of the Prophecy that is Contained in the Prayer and Song of Habakkuk. In his prayer, with a song, to whom but the Lord Christ does he say, “O Lord, I have heard Thy hearing, and was afraid: O Lord, I have considered Thy works, and was greatly afraid?”11731173 Hab. iii. 2. What is this but the inexpressible admiration of the foreknown, new, and sudden salvation of me…
Chapter 35.—Of the Prophecy of the Three Prophets, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. There remain three minor prophets, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi, who prophesied at the close of the captivity. Of these Haggai more openly prophesies of Christ and the Church thus briefly: “Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Yet one little while, and I will shake the heaven, and the earth, and the s…

Cross-references

  • Acts 2:24 — Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
  • Acts 2:27 — Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
  • Isa 38:17 — Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
  • Jer 38:6 — Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no wat
  • Jer 38:6 — Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no wat
  • Jonah 2:5 — The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
  • Jonah 2:5 — The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
  • Lam 3:53 — They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
  • Matt 7:24 — Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
  • Prov 4:26 — Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
  • Prov 13:12 — Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
  • Ps 17:5 — Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
  • Ps 18:16 — He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
  • Ps 18:19 — He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
  • Ps 18:36 — Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
  • Ps 26:12 — My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.
  • Ps 27:5 — For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
  • Ps 27:5 — For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
  • Ps 30:7 — LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
  • Ps 37:23 — The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
  • Ps 37:23 — The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
  • Ps 37:24 — Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
  • Ps 37:31 — The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
  • Ps 61:2 — From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
  • Ps 61:2 — From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
  • Ps 66:12 — Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
  • Ps 69:2 — I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
  • Ps 69:2 — I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
  • Ps 69:14 — Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
  • Ps 71:20 — Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
  • Ps 86:13 — For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
  • Ps 88:6 — Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
  • Ps 116:3 — The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
  • Ps 119:133 — Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
  • Ps 130:1 — Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
  • Ps 142:6 — Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
  • Ps 143:3 — For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
  • Zech 9:11 — As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
  • Zech 9:11 — As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.