Psalms 18:16
He stretched from on high, he seized me, drew me up from the mighty waters,
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
In Context
17and saved me from those who hated me – fierce foes, too mighty for me.
Cross References
Psalms 18:43From the strife of the peoples you saved me, you made me head of the nations, peoples I knew not did serve me.
Psalms 40:1For the Lord I waited and waited, till, inclining to me, he heard my cry.
Psalms 144:7Stretch out your hand from on high; pluck me out of the mighty waters, out of the hands of foreigners,
Nahum 1:4He rebukes the sea and dries it up and makes all the streams run dry. Bashan and Carmel are languishing and the bloom of Lebanon is withered.
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 →