2 Samuel 22:17

He stretched out from above [his hand], he took me; he drew me out from the mighty waters.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;

In Context

16And then were seen the channels of the sea, there were laid open the foundations of the world; at the rebuke of the Lord, through the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

18He delivered me from my enemy, the strong, from those that hated me, when they were too mighty for me.

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Cross References

Exodus 2:10And the child grew up, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became to her as a son; and she called his name Moses; and she said, Because out of the water have I drawn him.

Psalms 32:6For this shall every pious one pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely [then] when great waters overflow, they shall never reach unto him.

Psalms 93:3The rivers have lifted up, O Lord, the rivers have lifted up their voice; the rivers lift up their waves.

Psalms 130:1“A song of the degrees.” Out of the depths have I called thee, O Lord.

Isaiah 43:2Whenever thou passest through the waters, I am with thee; and through the rivers,—they shall not overflow thee: whenever thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be scorched; neither shall the flame burn on thee.

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 →

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