Psalm 18:16 “He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of de…”

Psalm 18:16

He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

World English Bible

He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters.

American Standard Version

He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters.

Geneva Bible 1599

He hath sent downe from aboue and taken mee: hee hath drawen mee out of many waters.

Darby Translation

He reached forth from above, he took me, he drew me out of great waters:

Young's Literal Translation

He sendeth from above — He taketh me, He draweth me out of many waters.

Bible in Basic English

He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.

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Cross references

“He sent”

Psalm 144:7 Psalm 57:3

Psalm 144:7 · BSB

Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,

Psalm 57:3 · BSB

He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.

“drew”

2 Samuel 22:17 Psalm 18:43 Psalm 40:1–3 Exodus 2:10

2 Samuel 22:17 · BSB

He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.

Psalm 18:43 · BSB

You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.

Psalm 40:1–3 · BSB

I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.

Exodus 2:10 · BSB

When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”

“many waters”

Revelation 17:15 Jonah 2:5 Jonah 2:6

Revelation 17:15 · BSB

Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.

Jonah 2:5 · BSB

The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.

Jonah 2:6 · BSB

To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!

Also

Psalm 32:6

Psalm 32:6 · BSB

Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

17He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.

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