Taken from http://www.christadelphianbooks.org/agora/comm/19_psa/psaa41.html
Psa 40:2
HE LIFTED ME OUT: "Whatever kind of a pit, and whether figurative or literal, matters little. What is certain is that this 'horrible pit and miry clay' suggests the experience was something extremely depressing. His particular pit might have been a mental depression brought on by grief, physical weakness, loneliness, or any of the evils which afflict mankind. To find oneself in such a pit is a fearful experience, and even the righteous can be trapped. They may be perfectly aware of the future joys of the Kingdom of God to which their footsteps are bent, yet somehow they slip in. They struggle to get out like a spider in a sink, only to fall back. Then the worrying starts. They become mournful and introspective, or fall to brooding on the contrasting fortunes of others more favourably placed. But what did David do? He waited patiently for the Lord. And he must have prayed, for he says that God inclined unto him and heard his cry. He was wise enough to know that he could not scramble out of that pit on his own. He had to wait and pray".
OUT OF THE SLIMY PIT: Cp Psa 69:2,14 -- another psalm of the Messiah. Note Mat 27:10: The "potter's field" was a place of clay. Jeremiah's confinement to a miry pit (Jer 38:6-13) was also a type of Messiah's experience.
OUT OF THE MUD AND MIRE: RV margin: "a pit of tumult", suggesting death from a hostile mob? See usage of the same word in Psa 65:7; 74:23; Isa 13:4; 17:12,13.
ROCK: "Sela", the "fortress" (Psa 18:2).
"And what a triumphal emergence was his, for God brought him up! His feet were set, not upon the crumbling edge, but on a rock. His 'goings' were established; in other words, a set way of progress was secured for him, and, moreover, a 'new song' was put in his mouth. This song, one of praise to God, was undoubtedly the seal of a perfectly restored and happy state of mind. David knew that this complete restoration would provide an example and stimulus to others in similar affliction".
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