2 Samuel 22:17
He sent from on high, he took me. He drew me out of many waters.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
In Context
18He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
Cross References
Exodus 2:10And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water.
Psalms 32:6For this let everyone who is devout pray to thee in a time when thou may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach to him.
Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice, the floods lift up their waves.
Psalms 130:1Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O LORD.
Isaiah 43:2When thou pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee. When thou walk through the fire, thou shall not be burned, nor shall the flame kindle upon thee.
Revelation 17:15And he says to me, The waters that thou saw, where the whore sits, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 22:3-51
David's Song of Praise. ( b. c. 1020.) 1 And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: Observe here, I. That it has often been the lot of God's people to have many enemies, and to be in imminent danger of falling into their hands. David was a man after God's heart, but not after men's heart: many were those that hated him, and sought his ruin; Saul is particularly named, either, 1. As distinguished… Read the whole commentary →