Psalm 30:3
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3 O Lord, you brought up my soul from Sheol,
restored me to life from among those gone down to the Pit.[a](A)
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- 30.3 Or that I should not go down to the Pit
Psalm 28:1
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Psalm 28
Prayer for Help and Thanksgiving for It
Of David.
1 To you, O Lord, I call;
my rock, do not refuse to hear me,
for if you are silent to me,
I shall be like those who go down to the Pit.(A)
Psalm 86:13
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13 For great is your steadfast love toward me;
you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.(A)
Psalm 16:10
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10 For you do not give me up to Sheol
or let your faithful one see the Pit.(A)
Jonah 2:4-6
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4 Then I said, ‘I am driven away
from your sight;
how[a] shall I look again
upon your holy temple?’(A)
5 The waters closed in over me;
the deep surrounded me;
weeds were wrapped around my head(B)
6 at the roots of the mountains.
I went down to the land
whose bars closed upon me forever;
yet you brought up my life from the Pit,
O Lord my God.(C)
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- 2.4 Theodotion: Heb surely
Isaiah 38:17-18
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17 Surely it was for my welfare
that I had great bitterness,
but you have held back[a] my life
from the pit of destruction,
for you have cast all my sins
behind your back.(A)
18 For Sheol cannot thank you;
death cannot praise you;
those who go down to the Pit cannot hope
for your faithfulness.(B)
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- 38.17 Cn Compare Gk Vg: Heb loved
Psalm 116:8
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8 For you have delivered my soul from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling.(A)
Psalm 71:20
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20 You who have made me see many troubles and calamities
will revive me again;
from the depths of the earth
you will bring me up again.(A)
Psalm 56:13
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13 For you have delivered my soul from death
and my feet from falling,
so that I may walk before God
in the light of life.(A)
Psalm 40:1-2
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Psalm 40
Thanksgiving for Deliverance and Prayer for Help
To the leader. Of David. A Psalm.
1 I waited patiently for the Lord;
he inclined to me and heard my cry.(A)
2 He drew me up from the desolate pit,[a]
out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
making my steps secure.(B)
Footnotes
- 40.2 Cn: Heb pit of tumult
Job 33:28
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28 He has redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit,
and my life shall see the light.’(A)
Job 33:19-22
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19 They are also chastened with pain upon their beds
and with continual strife in their bones,(A)
20 so that their lives loathe bread
and their appetites dainty food.(B)
21 Their flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen,
and their bones, once invisible, now stick out.(C)
22 Their souls draw near the Pit
and their lives to those who bring death.(D)
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