“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. And he hath put a new song in my mouth.”
The Chain
David describes his own genuine rescue here using striking, concrete imagery, horrible pit, miry clay, both suggesting genuine difficulty escaping, mud and mire making footing genuinely precarious, worth holding as honest acknowledgment of how genuinely difficult your own struggle’s actual grip may have felt.
Notice set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings, the specific outcome of this rescue, not merely removed from the pit but established, secure footing replacing the previous, precarious mire, genuine stability following genuine rescue, worth trusting as available in your own story as well.
Notice also a new song in my mouth, joy and praise flowing naturally from this genuine rescue, not forced or manufactured, but new, arising specifically from the actual experience of being brought up, set upon a rock, established, the natural, genuine fruit this whole process of rescue actually produces.
Whatever miry clay your own struggle has genuinely felt like, trust today this psalm’s own testimony, brought up, feet set upon a rock, goings established, and eventually, genuinely, a new song, not forced but arising naturally from actual, genuine rescue, the same rescue this whole final movement has been describing as genuinely available.
Break the Chain
- Name honestly the miry clay your own struggle has genuinely felt like.
- Trust today David’s own testimony of genuine rescue, feet established upon a rock.
- Watch for a new song arising naturally, not forced, from this genuine rescue in your own life.
Prayer
Lord, bring me up out of my own horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock. Establish my goings, and put a new song, genuinely, in my own mouth. Amen.
Carry this today
Genuine rescue produces stable footing and, eventually, a new song, not forced but natural.