2 Samuel 22:17
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 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 drew me out of many waters.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

sent

Psalm 18:16 He sent from on high, and took me: and received me out of many waters.

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:

he drew

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 59:1,2 Unto the end, destroy not, for David for an inscription of a title, when Saul sent and watched his house to kill him. [2] Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; and defend me from them that rise up against me. . . .

Psalm 93:3,4 The floods have lifted up, O Lord: the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods have lifted up their waves, . . .

Psalm 124:4,5 Perhaps the waters had swallowed us up. . . .

Psalm 130:1 A gradual canticle. Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O Lord:

Isaiah 43:2 When thou shalt pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and the rivers shall not cover thee: when thou shalt walk in the fire, thou shalt not be burnt, and the flames shall not burn in thee:

Lamentations 3:54 Sade. Waters have flowed over my head: I said: I am cut off.

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

many.

Context
David's Song of Deliverance
16And the overflowings of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid open at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the spirit of his wrath. 17He sent from on high, and took me, and drew me out of many waters.18He delivered me from my most mighty enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.…
Cross References
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 22:18
He delivered me from my most mighty enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.

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:

2 Samuel 22:16
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