KJV King James Version
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
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Psalm 18:16
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
WEB World English Bible
He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters.
ASV American Standard Version
He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
He sendeth from above—He taketh me, He draweth me out of many waters.
Surrounding context — Psalm 18
13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail [stones] and coals of fire.
14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
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2 Samuel 22:17He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;Psalm 144:7Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;Jonah 2:5-6The waters compassed me about, [even] to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.Psalm 57:3He shall send from heaven, and save me [from] the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.Psalm 18:43Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; [and] thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people [whom] I have not known shall serve me.Psalm 40:1-3To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.Psalm 32:6For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.Exodus 2:10And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.Revelation 17:15And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
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