2 Samuel 22:17
He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 2:10And when the child was older, she took him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son, and she gave him the name Moses, Because, she said, I took him out of the water.
Psalms 32:6For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake him.
Psalms 93:3The rivers send up, O Lord, the rivers send up their voices; they send them up with a loud cry.
Psalms 130:1A Song of the going up. Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord.
Isaiah 43:2When you go through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not go over you: when you go through the fire, you will not be burned; and the flame will have no power over you.
Revelation 17:15And he said to me, The waters which you saw, where the evil woman is seated, are peoples, and armies, and nations and languages.
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 →