He drew me up from (A)the pit of destruction,
    out of (B)the miry bog,
and (C)set my feet upon a rock,
    (D)making my steps secure.

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23 The (A)steps of a man are (B)established by the Lord,
    when he delights in his way;

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For he will (A)hide me in his shelter
    in the day of trouble;
he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;
    he will (B)lift me high upon a rock.

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133 (A)Keep steady my steps according to your promise,
    and let no iniquity (B)get dominion over me.

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Build Your House on the Rock

24 (A)“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like (B)a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.

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I sink in deep (A)mire,
    where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters,
    and the flood (B)sweeps over me.

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from the end of the earth I call to you
    when my heart is (A)faint.
Lead me to (B)the rock
    that is higher than I,

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13 (A)For great is your steadfast love toward me;
    you have (B)delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

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20 You who have (A)made me see many troubles and calamities
    will (B)revive me again;
from the depths of the earth
    you will bring me up again.

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(A)The waters closed in over me (B)to take my life;
    the deep surrounded me;
weeds were wrapped about my head
    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.

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11 As for you also, because of (A)the blood of my covenant with you,
    (B)I will set your prisoners free from (C)the waterless pit.

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14 Deliver me
    from sinking in (A)the mire;
(B)let me be delivered from my enemies
    and from (C)the deep waters.
15 Let not the flood sweep over me,
    or the deep swallow me up,
    or (D)the pit close (E)its mouth over me.

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36 You (A)gave a wide place for my steps under me,
    and my feet did not slip.

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My steps have (A)held fast to your paths;
    my feet have not slipped.

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So they took Jeremiah (A)and cast him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king's son, which was in (B)the court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down (C)by ropes. (D)And there was no water in the cistern, but only mud, and (E)Jeremiah sank in the mud.

Jeremiah Rescued from the Cistern

When (F)Ebed-melech (G)the Ethiopian, (H)a eunuch who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern—the king was sitting (I)in the Benjamin Gate— (J)Ebed-melech went from the king's house and said to the king, “My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they did to Jeremiah the prophet by casting him into the cistern, and he will die there of (K)hunger, (L)for there is no bread left in the city.” 10 Then the king commanded (M)Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, “Take thirty men with you from here, and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.” 11 So (N)Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the house of the king, to a wardrobe in the storehouse, and took from there old rags and worn-out clothes, which he let down to Jeremiah in the cistern (O)by ropes. 12 Then (P)Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, “Put the rags and clothes between your armpits and (Q)the ropes.” Jeremiah did so.

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For the enemy has pursued my soul;
    (A)he has crushed my life to the ground;
    (B)he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.

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(A)Attend to my cry,
    for (B)I am brought very low!
Deliver me from my persecutors,
    (C)for they are too strong for me!
(D)Bring me out of prison,
    that I may give thanks to your name!
The righteous will surround me,
    for you will (E)deal bountifully with me.

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16 He (A)sent from on high, he took me;
    he (B)drew me out of (C)many waters.
17 He rescued me from my strong enemy
    and from those who hated me,
    for they were (D)too mighty for me.

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(A)The snares of death encompassed me;
    the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
    I suffered distress and anguish.

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27 For you will not abandon my soul to (A)Hades,
    (B)or let your (C)Holy One (D)see corruption.
28 You have made known to me the paths of life;
    you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’

29 “Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about (E)the patriarch David (F)that he both died and (G)was buried, and (H)his tomb is with us to this day. 30 (I)Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that (J)God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne, 31 he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that (K)he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.

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53 (A)they flung me alive into the pit
    (B)and cast stones on me;
54 (C)water closed over my head;
    I said, (D)‘I am lost.’

55 (E)“I called on your name, O Lord,
    from the depths of the pit;

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50 (A)and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place (B)there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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22 (A)They will be gathered together
    as prisoners in a pit;
they will be shut up in a prison,
    and after many days (B)they will be punished.

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