Psalm 40:2
New Living Translation
2 He lifted me out of the pit of despair,
out of the mud and the mire.
He set my feet on solid ground
and steadied me as I walked along.
Psalm 37:23
New Living Translation
23 The Lord directs the steps of the godly.
He delights in every detail of their lives.
Psalm 27:5
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5 For he will conceal me there when troubles come;
he will hide me in his sanctuary.
He will place me out of reach on a high rock.
Psalm 119:133
New Living Translation
133 Guide my steps by your word,
so I will not be overcome by evil.
Matthew 7:24-25
New Living Translation
Building on a Solid Foundation
24 “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. 25 Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock.
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Psalm 69:2
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2 Deeper and deeper I sink into the mire;
I can’t find a foothold.
I am in deep water,
and the floods overwhelm me.
Psalm 61:2
New Living Translation
2 From the ends of the earth,
I cry to you for help
when my heart is overwhelmed.
Lead me to the towering rock of safety,
Psalm 86:13
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13 for your love for me is very great.
You have rescued me from the depths of death.[a]
Footnotes
- 86:13 Hebrew of Sheol.
Psalm 71:20
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20 You have allowed me to suffer much hardship,
but you will restore me to life again
and lift me up from the depths of the earth.
Jonah 2:5-6
New Living Translation
5 “I sank beneath the waves,
and the waters closed over me.
Seaweed wrapped itself around my head.
6 I sank down to the very roots of the mountains.
I was imprisoned in the earth,
whose gates lock shut forever.
But you, O Lord my God,
snatched me from the jaws of death!
Zechariah 9:11
New Living Translation
11 Because of the covenant I made with you,
sealed with blood,
I will free your prisoners
from death in a waterless dungeon.
Psalm 69:14-15
New Living Translation
14 Rescue me from the mud;
don’t let me sink any deeper!
Save me from those who hate me,
and pull me from these deep waters.
15 Don’t let the floods overwhelm me,
or the deep waters swallow me,
or the pit of death devour me.
Psalm 18:36
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36 You have made a wide path for my feet
to keep them from slipping.
Psalm 17:5
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5 My steps have stayed on your path;
I have not wavered from following you.
Acts 2:24
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24 But God released him from the horrors of death and raised him back to life, for death could not keep him in its grip.
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Jeremiah 38:6-12
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6 So the officials took Jeremiah from his cell and lowered him by ropes into an empty cistern in the prison yard. It belonged to Malkijah, a member of the royal family. There was no water in the cistern, but there was a thick layer of mud at the bottom, and Jeremiah sank down into it.
7 But Ebed-melech the Ethiopian,[a] an important court official, heard that Jeremiah was in the cistern. At that time the king was holding court at the Benjamin Gate, 8 so Ebed-melech rushed from the palace to speak with him. 9 “My lord the king,” he said, “these men have done a very evil thing in putting Jeremiah the prophet into the cistern. He will soon die of hunger, for almost all the bread in the city is gone.”
10 So the king told Ebed-melech, “Take thirty of my men with you, and pull Jeremiah out of the cistern before he dies.”
11 So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to a room in the palace beneath the treasury, where he found some old rags and discarded clothing. He carried these to the cistern and lowered them to Jeremiah on a rope. 12 Ebed-melech called down to Jeremiah, “Put these rags under your armpits to protect you from the ropes.” Then when Jeremiah was ready,
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- 38:7 Hebrew the Cushite.
Psalm 143:3
New Living Translation
3 My enemy has chased me.
He has knocked me to the ground
and forces me to live in darkness like those in the grave.
Psalm 142:6-7
New Living Translation
6 Hear my cry,
for I am very low.
Rescue me from my persecutors,
for they are too strong for me.
7 Bring me out of prison
so I can thank you.
The godly will crowd around me,
for you are good to me.”
Psalm 18:16-17
New Living Translation
16 He reached down from heaven and rescued me;
he drew me out of deep waters.
17 He rescued me from my powerful enemies,
from those who hated me and were too strong for me.
Psalm 116:3
New Living Translation
3 Death wrapped its ropes around me;
the terrors of the grave[a] overtook me.
I saw only trouble and sorrow.
Footnotes
- 116:3 Hebrew of Sheol.
Acts 2:27-31
New Living Translation
27 For you will not leave my soul among the dead[a]
or allow your Holy One to rot in the grave.
28 You have shown me the way of life,
and you will fill me with the joy of your presence.’[b]
29 “Dear brothers, think about this! You can be sure that the patriarch David wasn’t referring to himself, for he died and was buried, and his tomb is still here among us. 30 But he was a prophet, and he knew God had promised with an oath that one of David’s own descendants would sit on his throne. 31 David was looking into the future and speaking of the Messiah’s resurrection. He was saying that God would not leave him among the dead or allow his body to rot in the grave.
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- 2:27 Greek in Hades; also in 2:31.
- 2:25-28 Ps 16:8-11 (Greek version).
Lamentations 3:53-55
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53 They threw me into a pit
and dropped stones on me.
54 The water rose over my head,
and I cried out, “This is the end!”
55 But I called on your name, Lord,
from deep within the pit.
Matthew 13:50
New Living Translation
50 throwing the wicked into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Isaiah 24:22
New Living Translation
22 They will be rounded up and put in prison.
They will be shut up in prison
and will finally be punished.
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