O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

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You, Lord, brought me up from the realm of the dead;(A)
    you spared me from going down to the pit.(B)

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28 Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

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Psalm 28

Of David.

To you, Lord, I call;
    you are my Rock,
    do not turn a deaf ear(A) to me.
For if you remain silent,(B)
    I will be like those who go down to the pit.(C)

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17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

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17 Surely it was for my benefit(A)
    that I suffered such anguish.(B)
In your love you kept me
    from the pit(C) of destruction;
you have put all my sins(D)
    behind your back.(E)
18 For the grave(F) cannot praise you,
    death cannot sing your praise;(G)
those who go down to the pit(H)
    cannot hope for your faithfulness.

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13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

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13 For great is your love toward me;
    you have delivered me(A) from the depths,
    from the realm of the dead.(B)

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10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

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10 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,(A)
    nor will you let your faithful[a] one(B) see decay.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 16:10 Or holy

Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.

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I said, ‘I have been banished
    from your sight;(A)
yet I will look again
    toward your holy temple.’(B)
The engulfing waters threatened me,[a]
    the deep surrounded me;
    seaweed was wrapped around my head.(C)
To the roots of the mountains(D) I sank down;
    the earth beneath barred me in forever.
But you, Lord my God,
    brought my life up from the pit.(E)

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  1. Jonah 2:5 Or waters were at my throat

For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

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For you, Lord, have delivered me(A) from death,
    my eyes from tears,
    my feet from stumbling,

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20 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.

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20 Though you have made me see troubles,(A)
    many and bitter,
    you will restore(B) my life again;
from the depths of the earth(C)
    you will again bring me up.

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13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

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13 For you have delivered me from death(A)
    and my feet from stumbling,
that I may walk before God
    in the light of life.(B)

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40 I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

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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Psalm 40[a](A)

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

I waited patiently(B) for the Lord;
    he turned to me and heard my cry.(C)
He lifted me out of the slimy pit,(D)
    out of the mud(E) and mire;(F)
he set my feet(G) on a rock(H)
    and gave me a firm place to stand.

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  1. Psalm 40:1 In Hebrew texts 40:1-17 is numbered 40:2-18.

28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

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28 God has delivered(A) me from going down to the pit,(B)
    and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.’(C)

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19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:

20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.

21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.

22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.

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19 “Or someone may be chastened(A) on a bed of pain(B)
    with constant distress in their bones,(C)
20 so that their body finds food(D) repulsive
    and their soul loathes the choicest meal.(E)
21 Their flesh wastes away to nothing,
    and their bones,(F) once hidden, now stick out.(G)
22 They draw near to the pit,(H)
    and their life to the messengers of death.[a](I)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 33:22 Or to the place of the dead