"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."
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Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
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.
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.
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.
For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
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.
And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
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:
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
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 water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.
And 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:
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.
\40:1\To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined to me, and heard my cry.
He 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.
And 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.