2 Samuel 22:17
He reached forth from above, he took me, He drew me out of great waters;
Darby Translation
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 them that hated me; For they were mightier than I.
Cross References
Exodus 2:10And when the child was grown, 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 shall every one that is godly pray unto thee at a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they will not reach him.
Psalms 93:3The floods lifted up, O Jehovah, the floods lifted up their voice; the floods lifted up their roaring waves.
Psalms 130:1{A Song of degrees.} Out of the depths do I call upon thee, Jehovah.
Isaiah 43:2When thou passest through the waters, I [will be] with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
Revelation 17:15And he says to me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot 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 →