Psalms 18:16
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
Psalms 18:16 in other translations
| BSB | He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters. |
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| WEB | He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters. |
| ASV | He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters. |
| YLT | He sendeth from above--He taketh me, He draweth me out of many waters. |
| DARBY | He reached forth from above, he took me, he drew me out of great waters: |
| BBE | He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters. |
| Webster | He 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
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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…
Psalms 18:16 in the original Hebrew
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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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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.
Psalms 18:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Envió desde lo alto; tomóme, sacóme de las muchas aguas. |
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| 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. |