Psalms 40:3

"He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand."

Key Reflection

This verse metaphorically describes God lifting the psalmist from a state of spiritual despair and deliverance from sin (the "horrible pit" and "miry clay"). By setting his feet on a rock, it symbolizes providing a solid foundation and steadfastness in faith, preparing him for firm standing before the Lord.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And he hath put a new song in my mouth -See the notes atPsalms 33:3. The idea is, that he had given a new or fresh “occasion” for praise. The deliverance was so marked, and was such an addition to former mercies, that a new expression of thanks was proper. It was an act of such surprising intervention on the part of God that the language used on former occasions, and which was adapted to express the mercies then received, would not be sufficient to convey the sense of gratitude felt for the present deliverance.

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