He brought me up out of the (A)pit of destruction, out of the [a]miry clay,
And (B)He set my feet upon a rock (C)making my footsteps firm.

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  1. Psalm 40:2 Lit mud of the mire

I have sunk in deep (A)mire, and there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters, and a [a](B)flood overflows me.

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  1. Psalm 69:2 Lit flowing stream

14 Deliver me from the (A)mire and do not let me sink;
May I be (B)delivered from [a]my foes and from the [b](C)deep waters.
15 May the [c](D)flood of water not overflow me
Nor the deep swallow me up,
Nor the (E)pit shut its mouth on me.

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  1. Psalm 69:14 Lit those who hate me
  2. Psalm 69:14 Lit deep places of water
  3. Psalm 69:15 Lit stream

22 ‘Then behold, all of the (A)women who have been left in the palace of the king of Judah are going to be brought out to the [a]officers of the king of Babylon; and those women will say,

[b]Your close friends
Have misled and overpowered you;
While your feet were sunk in the mire,
They turned back.”

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  1. Jeremiah 38:22 Or princes
  2. Jeremiah 38:22 Lit The men of your peace

Deliverance of Judah and Ephraim

11 As for you also, because of the (A)blood of My covenant with you,
I have set your (B)prisoners free from the [a]waterless pit.

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  1. Zechariah 9:11 Lit cistern in which there is no water