Psalms 18:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.”
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BSBPD
“He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“He sendeth from above--He taketh me, He draweth me out of many waters.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 18:16 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 2:10When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”
- 2 Samuel 22:17He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
- Psalms 18:43You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
- Psalms 32:6Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.
- Psalms 40:1I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
- Psalms 57:3He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.
- Psalms 144:7Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,
- Jonah 2:5The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.
- Nahum 1:4He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.
- Revelation 17:15Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
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