Reference

Psalms 40:2

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.
1

I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

2

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.

3

And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.

4

Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Hell Terminology (Sheol/Hades/Gehenna/Lake of Fire)

The verse describes being rescued from a "horrible pit" and "miry clay," which are metaphorical expressions for a dire situation or distress, not specific named places of punishment like Gehenna or the Lake of Fire. The language used is figurative for personal suffering and deliverance, not a literal or theological description of a post-mortem judgment location.