2 Samuel 22:17
He sent from on high, and he took me up. And he drew me out of many waters.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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 she adopted him in place of a son, and she called his name Moses, saying, “Because I took him from the water.”
Psalms 32:6By the word of the Lord, the heavens were established, and all their power, by the Spirit of his mouth:
Psalms 93:3How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners glory?
Psalms 130:1A Canticle in steps: of David. O Lord, my heart has not been exalted, and my eyes have not been raised up. Neither have I walked in greatness, nor in wonders beyond me.
Isaiah 43:2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and the rivers will not cover you. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned, and the flames will not scorch you.
Revelation 17:15And he said to me: “The waters that you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples 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 →