2 Samuel 22:17
He sent from on high, and took me, and drew me out of many waters.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 for a son, and called him Moses, saying: Because I took him out of the water.
Psalms 32:6For this shall every one that is holy pray to thee in a seasonable time. And yet in a flood of many waters, they shall not come nigh unto him.
Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, O Lord: the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods have lifted up their waves,
Psalms 130:1Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say.
Isaiah 43:2When thou shalt pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and the rivers shall not cover thee: when thou shalt walk in the fire, thou shalt not be burnt, and the flames shall not burn in thee:
Revelation 17:15And he said to me: The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples, 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 →