2nd Samuel Chapter 22 verse 17 Holy Bible
He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters;
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He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.
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He reached forth from above, he took me, He drew me out of great waters;
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He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
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He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
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He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters;
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He sendeth from above -- He taketh me, He draweth me out of many waters.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 17-20. - "He stretched forth his hand from on high; he took me,He drew me out of many waters.He delivered me from my strong enemy,From them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me. For they attacked me in the day of my misfortune.But Jehovah became my Staff,And he brought me forth into a wide placeHe delivered me, because he had pleasure in me." In the midst of this fearful convulsion of nature, while all around are stricken with panic, David sees a hand stretched out from above, ready to deliver him from the overwhelming flood of hatred and peril. Attacked me. The word does not signify "to prevent," or" anticipate," but "to assail" So in ver. 6, "The snares of death assailed me;" and in Isaiah 37:33, "The King of Assyria shall not attack this city with shield." It is the same verb in all these places. Staff; in the Authorized Version, "stay." But it means something to lean upon, and is rightly translated "staff" in Psalm 23:4. A wide place; in opposition to the straits of affliction. He had pleasure in me. In 2 Samuel 15:26 this confidence is gone, and David doubts whether the favour of Jehovah had not been forfeited by him.
