He brought me up from a desolate[a] pit,
out of the muddy clay,(A)
and set my feet on a rock,
making my steps secure.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 40:2 Or watery

He lifted me out of the slimy pit,(A)
    out of the mud(B) and mire;(C)
he set my feet(D) on a rock(E)
    and gave me a firm place to stand.

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Then the waters would have engulfed us;
the torrent would have swept over us;

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the flood(A) would have engulfed us,
    the torrent(B) would have swept over us,

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You threw me into the depths,(A)
into the heart of the seas,(B)
and the current[a] overcame me.
All Your breakers and Your billows swept over me.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 2:3 Lit river

You hurled me into the depths,(A)
    into the very heart of the seas,
    and the currents swirled about me;
all your waves(B) and breakers
    swept over me.(C)

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