Psalm 40:2
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
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.
Footnotes
- Psalm 40:2 Cn: Heb pit of tumult
Psalm 40:2
Authorized (King James) Version
2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay,
and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
Psalm 40:2
Contemporary English Version
2 and pulled me
from a lonely pit
full of mud and mire.
You let me stand on a rock
with my feet firm,
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