Psalms 18:16
\18:15\Then the deep beds of the waters were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of your words of wrath, O Lord, because of the breath from your mouth.
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
17\18:16\He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.
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 18:43\18:42\Then they were crushed as small as dust before the wind; they were drained out like the waste of the streets.
Psalms 40:1To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm.
Psalms 144:7Put out your hand from on high; make me free, take me safely out of the great waters, and out of the hands of strange men;
Nahum 1:4He says sharp words to the sea and makes it dry, drying up all the rivers: Bashan is feeble, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon is without strength.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 18:2-20
David's Triumphs in God; Devout Confidence. 1 I will love thee, O Lord , my strength. 2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. 3 I will call upon the Lord , who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. 5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. 6 In my… Read the whole commentary →