Psalms 18 · Verse 16

Psalms 18:16

He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
Psalms 18:16, King James Version

Psalms 18:16 in other translations

BSBHe reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
WEBHe sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters.
ASVHe sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters.
YLTHe sendeth from above--He taketh me, He draweth me out of many waters.
DARBYHe reached forth from above, he took me, he drew me out of great waters:
BBEHe sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.
WebsterHe sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

What does Psalms 18:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 18:16-19
16-19. from above--As seated on a throne, directing these terrible scenes, God-- sent--His hand (Psa 144:7), reached down to His humble worshipper, and delivered him. many waters--calamities (Job 30:14; Psa 124:4, 5).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 He drew me out of many waters - Here the allusion is still carried on. The waters thus poured out were sweeping the people away; but God, by a miraculous interference, sent and drew David out. Sometimes waters are used to denote multitudes of people; and here the word may have that reference; multitudes were gathered together against David, but God delivered him from them all. This seems to be countenanced by the following verse.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 18:1-19

The first words, "I will love thee, O Lord, my strength," are the scope and contents of the psalm. Those that truly love God, may triumph in him as their Rock and Refuge, and may with confidence call upon him. It is good for us to observe all the circumstances of a mercy which magnify the power of God and his goodness to us in it. David was a praying man, and God was found a prayer-hearing God. If we pray as he did…

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Psalms 18:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יִשְׁלַ֣חyish.Lachhe stretched outH7971
מִ֭מָּרוֹםMi.ma.romfrom a high placeH4791
יִקָּחֵ֑נִיyi.ka.Che.nihe took hold of meH3947
יַֽ֝מְשֵׁ֗נִיyam.She.nihe drew meH4871
מִמַּ֥יִםmi.Ma.yimfrom watersH4325
רַבִּֽים\׃ra.BimmanyH7227

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Cross references for Psalms 18:16

  • 2 Samuel 22:17

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

  • Psalms 144:7

    Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;

  • Psalms 57:3

    He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

  • Jonah 2:5-6

    The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.

  • Psalms 18:43

    Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.

  • Psalms 32:6

    For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

  • Exodus 2:10

    And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

  • Psalms 40:1-3

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.

  • Revelation 17:15

    And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
He sent.
57:3; 144:7
drew.
43; 40:1-3; Ex 2:10; 2Sa 22:17
many waters. or, great waters.
Jon 2:5,6; Re 17:15

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Context

  • Psalms 18:15

    Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

  • Psalms 18:16

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

  • Psalms 18:17

    He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

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Psalms 18:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Envió desde lo alto; tomóme, sacóme de las muchas aguas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Alors les lits des eaux parurent, et les fondements du monde furent mis à découvert, quand tu les tanças, ô Éternel, par le souffle du vent de tes narines.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Er streckte seine Hand aus von der Höhe, er nahm mich, er zog mich aus großen Wassern.