Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 40:2:

• Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
  “He brought me out of the pit of loss,
  in the mud and in the swamp;
  He established my feet on the rock
  and he gave me a solid place to stand.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
• Newari:
  “He lifted me from a dreadful pit,
  He took me out of the dirt of the sewer,
  He brought me and made me stand on a rock,
  and gave me a solid place to stand.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon:
  “(It is) just like he lifted- me -up from a extremely muddy hole/pit.
  And he set me on a rock so-that nothing/(no harm) will-happen to me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru:
  “He pulled me out of a difficult place, from a place where I nearly died. Then he placed my feet on top of a rock, a stable place where I could stand.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• Laarim:
  “He pulled me from the hole,
  he pulled me from mud,
  he put my legs on the rock,
  and he allowed my legs to stand in hard place.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
• Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
  “Aliniopoa katika shimo la uharibifu,
  kutoka katika udongo wa utelezi.
  Aliiweka miguu yangu penye mwamba,
  na kunipatia mahali pazuri pa kusimama.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
• English:
  “When I had many troubles, it was as though I was in a deep pit.
  But he lifted me up out of the mud and slime of that pit;
  he set my feet on a solid rock,
  and enabled me to walk safely/without falling.” (Source: Translation for Translators)