2He 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.


In Context

1 I waited patiently for the Lord ; he turned to me and heard my cry.

2 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.

3 He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the Lord .

4 Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods.

Psalms 40:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

40:2He 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

40:2And he heard my prayers, and brought me out of the pit of misery and the mire of dregs. And he set my feet upon a rock, and directed my steps.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

40:2He 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:2And he brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock; he hath established my goings:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

40:2He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay; and he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:2He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:2He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

40:2And He doth cause me to come up From a pit of desolation — from mire of mud, And He raiseth up on a rock my feet, He is establishing my steps.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

40:2He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet on a rock, and established my goings.