Psalm 40:2

Thanksgiving And A Cry For Help

¹ I waited patiently and expectantly for the Lord;
And He inclined to me and heard my cry.
² 
He brought me up out of a horrible pit [of tumult and of destruction], out of the miry clay,
And He set my feet upon a rock, steadying my footsteps and establishing my path.
³
He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;
Many will see and fear [with great reverence]
And will trust confidently in the Lord.

Set My Feet Upon a Rock

Pit Of Destruction

Psalm 27:5

For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter;
In the secret place of His tent He will hide me;
He will lift me up on a rock.

Psalm 37:23

The steps of a [good and righteous] man are directed and established by the Lord,
And He delights in his way [and blesses his path].

Psalm 69:2

I have sunk in deep mire, where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters, where a flood overwhelms me.

Psalm 17:5

My steps have held closely to Your paths;
My feet have not staggered.

Psalm 18:16-17

He reached from on high, He took me;
He drew me out of many waters.

Psalm 18:36

You enlarge the path beneath me and make my steps secure,
So that my feet will not slip.

Psalm 61:2

From the end of the earth I call to You, when my heart is overwhelmed and weak;
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I [a rock that is too high to reach without Your help].

Psalm 69:14-15

Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink;
Let me be rescued from those who hate me and from the deep waters.

Psalm 71:20

You who have shown me many troubles and distresses
Will revive and renew me again,
And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

Psalm 86:13

For great is Your lovingkindness and graciousness toward me;
And You have rescued my life from the depths of Sheol [from death].

Psalm 116:3

The cords and sorrows of death encompassed me,
And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;
I found distress and sorrow.

Psalm 119:133

Establish my footsteps in [the way of] Your word;
Do not let any human weakness have power over me [causing me to be separated from You].

Psalm 142:6-7

“Give attention to my cry,
For I am brought very low;
Rescue me from my persecutors,
For they are stronger than I.

Psalm 143:3

For the enemy has persecuted me,
He has crushed my life down to the ground;
He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have been long dead.

Isaiah 24:22

They will be gathered together
As prisoners [are gathered] in a dungeon;
They will be shut up in prison,
And after many days they will be visited and punished.

Jeremiah 38:6-12

So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malchijah the king’s son, which was in the court of the guardhouse; and they let Jeremiah down [into the cistern] with ropes. Now there was no water in the cistern but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.

Lamentations 3:53-55

They silenced me in the pit
And placed a stone over me.

Jonah 2:5-6

“The waters surrounded me, to the point of death.
The great deep engulfed me,
Seaweed was wrapped around my head.

Zechariah 9:11

As for you also, because of the blood of My covenant with you [My chosen people, the covenant that was sealed with blood]
I have freed your prisoners from the waterless pit.

Matthew 7:24-25

“So everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, will be like a wise man [a far-sighted, practical, and sensible man] who built his house on the rock.

Matthew 13:50

and throw the wicked into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping [over sorrow and pain] and grinding of teeth [over distress and anger].

Acts 2:24

But God raised Him up, releasing Him and bringing an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in death’s power.

Acts 2:27-31

‘For You will not forsake me and abandon my soul to Hades (the realm of the dead),
Nor let Your Holy One undergo decay [after death].