He brought me up also out of an horrible pit - Margin: “A pit of noise.” The word used here means a pit, a cistern, a prison, a dun…

Horrible pit. — The rendering in the margin, “pit of noise,” takes shaôn in its primary sense, as in Isaiah 17:12,[Refere…

I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay,…

And he drew me out of the roaring pit. Some translate this as from the pit of desolation, because the verb שאה (shaah), …

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit
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Doubts and fears about the eternal state are a horrible pit and miry clay, and have been so to many a dear child of God. There is power enough in G…

1. In the preceding psalms, the psalmist asked for divine help against the malice of the wicked and showed his intention to be cautious. Her…