O Lord, (A)You brought my soul up from the grave;
You have kept me alive, [a]that I should not go down to the pit.

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  1. Psalm 30:3 So with Qr., Tg.; Kt., LXX, Syr., Vg. from those who descend to the pit

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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Rejoicing in Answered Prayer

A Psalm of David.

28 To You I will cry, O Lord my Rock:
(A)Do not be silent to me,
(B)Lest, if You are silent to me,
I become like those who go down to 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 Indeed it was for my own peace
That I had great bitterness;
But You have lovingly delivered my soul from the pit of corruption,
For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
18 For (A)Sheol cannot thank You,
Death cannot praise You;
Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your 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 Your mercy toward me,
And You have delivered my soul from the depths of [a]Sheol.

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  1. Psalm 86:13 The abode of the dead

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 (A)For You will not leave my soul in [a]Sheol,
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to [b]see corruption.

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  1. Psalm 16:10 The abode of the dead
  2. Psalm 16:10 undergo

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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  1. Psalm 16:10 Or holy

(A)Then I said, ‘I have been cast out of Your sight;
Yet I will look again (B)toward Your holy temple.’
The (C)waters surrounded me, even to my soul;
The deep closed around me;
Weeds were wrapped around my head.
I went down to the [a]moorings of the mountains;
The earth with its bars closed behind me forever;
Yet You have brought up my (D)life from the pit,
O Lord, my God.

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  1. Jonah 2:6 foundations or bases

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

(A)For You have delivered my soul from death,
My 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 (A)You, who have shown me great and severe troubles,
(B)Shall revive me again,
And 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 (A)For You have delivered my soul from death.
Have You not kept my feet from falling,
That I may walk before God
In the (B)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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Faith Persevering in Trial(A)

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

40 I (B)waited patiently for the Lord;
And He inclined to me,
And heard my cry.
He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,
Out of (C)the miry clay,
And (D)set my feet upon a rock,
And established my steps.

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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 (A)redeem [a]his soul from going down to the Pit,
And his life shall see the light.

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  1. Job 33:28 Kt. my

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 Man is also chastened with pain on his (A)bed,
And with strong pain in many of his bones,
20 (B)So that his life abhors (C)bread,
And his soul [a]succulent food.
21 His flesh wastes away from sight,
And his bones stick out which once were not seen.
22 Yes, his soul draws near the Pit,
And his life to the executioners.

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  1. Job 33:20 desirable

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