Psalm 18:16 {17:17}
Good News Translation
The LORD reached down from above and took hold of me; he pulled me out of the deep waters.

New Revised Standard Version
He reached down from on high, he took me; he drew me out of mighty waters.

Contemporary English Version
You reached down from heaven, and you lifted me from deep in the ocean.

New American Bible
He reached down from on high and seized me; drew me out of the deep waters.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He sent from on high, and took me: and received me out of many waters.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He sent from on high, and took me: and received me out of many waters.

He sent

Psalm 57:3 He hath sent from heaven and delivered me: he hath made them a reproach that trod upon me. God hath sent his mercy and his truth,

Psalm 144:7 Put forth thy hand from on high, take me out, and deliver me from many waters: from the hand of strange children:

drew

Psalm 18:43 Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people; thou wilt make me head of the Gentiles.

Psalm 40:1-3 Unto the end, a psalm for David himself. [2] With expectation I have waited for the Lord, and he was attentive to me. . . .

Exodus 2:10 And she adopted him for a son, and called him Moses, saying: Because I took him out of the water.

2 Samuel 22:17 He sent from on high, and took me, and drew me out of many waters.

many waters.

Jonah 2:5,6 And I said: I am cast away out of the sight of thy eyes: but yet I shall see the holy temple again. . . .

Revelation 17:15 And he said to me: The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples and nations and tongues.

Context
The LORD is My Rock
15Then the fountains of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were discovered: At thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the spirit of thy wrath. 16He sent from on high, and took me: and received me out of many waters.17He delivered me from my strongest enemies, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.…
Cross References
Psalm 29:3
The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of majesty hath thundered, The Lord is upon many waters.

Psalm 32:6
For this shall every one that is holy pray to thee in a seasonable time. And yet in a flood of many waters, they shall not come nigh unto him.

Psalm 57:3
He hath sent from heaven and delivered me: he hath made them a reproach that trod upon me. God hath sent his mercy and his truth,

Psalm 124:4
Perhaps the waters had swallowed us up.

Psalm 144:7
Put forth thy hand from on high, take me out, and deliver me from many waters: from the hand of strange children:

Psalm 18:15
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