Psalms 40:3 Commentary: Rashi

וַיַּעֲלֵ֤נִי ׀ מִבּ֥וֹר שָׁאוֹן֮ מִטִּ֪יט הַיָּ֫וֵ֥ן וַיָּ֖קֶם עַל־סֶ֥לַע רַגְלַ֗י כּוֹנֵ֥ן אֲשֻׁרָֽי׃

He brought me up also out of the tumultuous pit, out of the miry clay; and He set my feet upon a rock, He established my goings.

Rashi on Psalms

out of the roaring pit From the imprisonment of Egypt and from the roaring of their tumult.
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from the thick mire From the sea. היון is an expression of mud, fanyas in Old French (fange in modern French), slime.
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He established Heb. כונן, He prepared my steps.
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