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Psalms 40:2 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Psalms 40:2 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Psalms chapter 40 verse 2 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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. an: Heb. a pit of noise”
Psalms 40:2 (KJV)
Commentary on 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. This verse employs vivid metaphorical language to describe divine deliverance. The 'horrible pit' (bor shaon, בּוֹר שָׁאוֹן) literally means 'pit of tumult' or 'roaring pit'—a place of chaos, danger, and destruction. Combined with 'miry clay' (tit hayaven, טִיט הַיָּוֵן), which evokes quicksand or deep mud where one sinks hopelessly, the imagery suggests desperate, life-threatening circumstances from which escape is humanly impossible.Jeremiah's experience literalizes thi...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Psalms 40:2
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“The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.”
“Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.”
“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.”
“I will call to you”
“who have shown us many and bitter troubles”
“even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.”
“where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters”
“For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.”
“and don't let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me”