Cross references
Psalm 40:2
He lifted me up from the pit of despair,
out of the miry clay;
He set my feet upon a rock,
and made my footsteps firm.
Psalm 40:2 has 23 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 21 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 37:23 (29 votes) and Psalm 119:133 (24 votes). 49 other verses point back to it. It links with 17 other books, from Genesis 19 to James 5.
Which verses does Psalm 40:2 point to?
The 20 strongest of 23, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Psalm 37:2329 votes
The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.
- Psalm 119:13324 votes
Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
- Psalm 27:522 votes
For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.
- Psalm 61:217 votes
From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
- Matthew 7:24–2517 votes
Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.
- Psalm 71:2016 votes
Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.
- Jonah 2:5–614 votes
The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head. To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!
- Psalm 69:213 votes
I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.
- Psalm 69:14–1513 votes
Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters. Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.
- Psalm 86:1313 votes
For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.
- Zechariah 9:1112 votes
- Psalm 18:3611 votes
- Acts 2:2410 votes
- Jeremiah 38:6–129 votes
- Psalm 17:58 votes
- Psalm 18:16–178 votes
- Psalm 142:6–78 votes
- Psalm 143:38 votes
- Psalm 116:36 votes
The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
- Lamentations 3:53–554 votes
Which verses point to Psalm 40:2?
The 10 strongest of 49.