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 Domain
ASVPD

“He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“He sendeth from above--He taketh me, He draweth me out of many waters.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 18:16 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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. 2 Samuel 22:17He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Psalms 40:1I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
  6. 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.
  7. Psalms 144:7Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,
  8. Jonah 2:5The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.
  9. 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.
  10. 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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