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Psalm 40

Psa. 40:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He brought me up
`alah (Hebrew #5927)
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
KJV usage: arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, + shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, X mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
Pronounce: aw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
also out of ζan horrible
sha'own (Hebrew #7588)
uproar (as of rushing); by implication, destruction
KJV usage: X horrible, noise, pomp, rushing, tumult (X -uous).
Pronounce: shaw-one'
Origin: from 7582
pit
bowr (Hebrew #953)
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
KJV usage: cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
Pronounce: bore
Origin: from 952 (in the sense of 877)
, out of the miry
yaven (Hebrew #3121)
properly, dregs (as effervescing); hence, mud
KJV usage: mire, miry.
Pronounce: yaw-ven'
Origin: from the same as 3196
clay
tiyt (Hebrew #2916)
mud or clay; figuratively, calamity
KJV usage: clay, dirt, mire.
Pronounce: teet
Origin: from an unused root meaning apparently to be sticky (rath. perb. a demon. from 2894, through the idea of dirt to be swept away)
, and set
quwm (Hebrew #6965)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
KJV usage: abide, accomplish, X be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, X be dim, endure, X enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, X but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-)rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-)stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, - rising).
Pronounce: koom
Origin: a primitive root
my feet
regel (Hebrew #7272)
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphem. the pudenda
KJV usage: X be able to endure, X according as, X after, X coming, X follow, ((broken-))foot((-ed, -stool)), X great toe, X haunt, X journey, leg, + piss, + possession, time.
Pronounce: reh'-gel
Origin: from 7270
upon a rock
cela` (Hebrew #5553)
a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)
KJV usage: (ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold.
Pronounce: seh'-lah
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be lofty
, and established
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
my goings
'ashur (Hebrew #838)
from 833 in the sense of going; a step
KJV usage: going, step.
Pronounce: aw-shoor'
Origin: or ashshur {ash-shoor'}
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a pit of noise.

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Ministry on This Verse

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brought.
Psa. 18:16‑17• 16He reached forth from above, he took me, he drew me out of great waters:
 17He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me; for they were mightier than I. (Psa. 18:16‑17)
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Psa. 71:20• 20Thou, who hast shewn us many and sore troubles, wilt revive us again, and wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth; (Psa. 71:20)
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Psa. 86:13• 13For great is thy loving-kindness toward me, and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. (Psa. 86:13)
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Psa. 116:3• 3The bands of death encompassed me, and the anguish of Sheol took hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow: (Psa. 116:3)
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Psa. 142:6‑7• 6Attend unto my cry, for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I.
 7Bring my soul out of prison, that I may celebrate thy name. The righteous shall surround me, because thou dealest bountifully with me. (Psa. 142:6‑7)
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Psa. 143:3• 3For the enemy persecuteth my soul: he hath crushed my life down to the earth; he hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead. (Psa. 143:3)
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Isa. 24:22• 22And they shall be brought together, as an assemblage of prisoners for the pit, and shall be shut up in prison, and after many days shall they be visited. (Isa. 24:22)
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Jonah 2:5‑6• 5The waters encompassed me, to the soul: The deep was round about me, The weeds were wrapped about my head.
 6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The bars of the earth closed upon me for ever: But thou hast brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God. (Jonah 2:5‑6)
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Zech. 9:11• 11As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant, I will send forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water. (Zech. 9:11)
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Acts 2:24,27‑31• 24Whom God has raised up, having loosed the pains of death, inasmuch as it was not possible that he should be held by its power;
 27for thou wilt not leave my soul in hades, nor wilt thou give thy gracious one to see corruption.
 28Thou hast made known to me the paths of life, thou wilt fill me with joy with thy countenance.
 29Brethren, let it be allowed to speak with freedom to you concerning the patriarch David, that he has both died and been buried, and his monument is amongst us unto this day.
 30Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath, of the fruit of his loins to set upon his throne;
 31he, seeing it before, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that neither has he been left in hades nor his flesh seen corruption. (Acts 2:24,27‑31)
horrible pit.
Heb. pit of noise.
Matt. 13:50• 50and shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. (Matt. 13:50)
the miry.
Psa. 69:2,14‑15• 2I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into the depths of waters, and the flood overfloweth me.
 14Deliver me out of the mire, let me not sink; let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the depths of waters.
 15Let not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me. (Psa. 69:2,14‑15)
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Jer. 38:6‑12• 6Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the son of Hammelech, which was in the court of the guard, and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
 7And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon--now the king was sitting in the gate of Benjamin,
 8--and Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,
 9My lord, O king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to the prophet Jeremiah, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he will die by reason of the famine in the place where he is; for there is no more bread in the city.
 10And the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.
 11And Ebed-melech took the men under his order, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old shreds and worn-out clothes, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
 12And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Put, I pray, these old shreds and rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so. (Jer. 38:6‑12)
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Lam. 3:53‑55• 53They have cut off my life in a pit, and cast a stone upon me.
 54Waters streamed over my head; I said, I am cut off.
 55I called upon thy name, Jehovah, out of the lowest pit. (Lam. 3:53‑55)
set.
Psa. 27:5• 5For in the day of evil he will hide me in his pavilion; in the secret of his tent will he keep me concealed: he will set me high upon a rock. (Psa. 27:5)
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Psa. 61:2• 2From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: thou wilt lead me on to a rock which is too high for me. (Psa. 61:2)
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Matt. 7:24‑25• 24Whoever therefore hears these my words and does them, I will liken him to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock;
 25and the rain came down, and the streams came, and the winds blew and fell upon that house, and it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock. (Matt. 7:24‑25)
established.
Psa. 17:5• 5When thou holdest my goings in thy paths, my footsteps slip not. (Psa. 17:5)
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Psa. 18:36• 36Thou didst enlarge my steps under me, and mine ankles have not wavered. (Psa. 18:36)
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Psa. 37:23• 23The steps of a man are established by Jehovah, and he delighteth in his way: (Psa. 37:23)
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Psa. 119:133• 133Establish my steps in thy *word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. (Psa. 119:133)
• Death is not spoken of save as it may be trial—a horrible pit, miry clay—images of distress, terror, and, humanly speaking, danger. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 37-39” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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: