Psalms Chapter 18 verse 16 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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Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were uncovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
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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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Psalms 18 : 16 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. While destruction thus came upon David's enemies (vers. 12-14), God's protecting hand was stretched out to save David himself, who was carefully "taken" and tenderly "drawn" forth from among the "many waters," i.e. the dangers and difficulties which threatened him. Some commentators see in the words used - "he sent, he took me, he drew me" - a tacit reference to Exodus 2:5, 10, and, by implication, a sort of parallel between the deliverance of David from his foes and that of Moses from the waters of the Nile (Kay, Hengstenberg, 'Speaker's Commentary').
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) He drew me.--By an exquisite transition from the real to the figurative the poet conceives of these parted waters as the "floods of affliction" (Psalm 18:5), from which Jehovah has rescued him by means of the very storm which was sent, in answer to his prayer, to overwhelm his enemies. Render at once more literally and forcibly, "He laid hold of me and drew me out of great waters." The conception undoubtedly is that the "gates of death" are under these floods, and those being now parted, the sufferer can be reached and rescued.Psalm 18:17-19 show trifling variations between the two copies of the psalm.
