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Psalms 18:16
16He reached from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.
Psalms 18:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
- New International Version (NIV)He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He sent from above, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.
Context of Psalms 18:16
14He sent out His arrows and scattered them; And He sent an abundance of lightning flashes and confused and routed them [in defeat]. 15Then the stream beds of the waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare At Your rebuke, O Lord, At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils. He reached from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters. 17He rescued me from my strong enemy, And from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me. 18They confronted me in the day of my disaster, But the Lord was my support.
Read all of Psalms 18Psalms 18:16 word by word
יִשְׁלַ֣ח מִ֭מָּרוֹם יִקָּחֵ֑נִי יַֽ֝מְשֵׁ֗נִי מִמַּ֥יִם רַבִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 18:16
- Psalms 57:3He will send from heaven and save me; He calls to account him who tramples me down. Selah. God will send out His lovingkindness and His truth.
- Psalms 144:7Stretch out Your hand from above; Set me free and rescue me from great waters, Out of the hands of [hostile] foreigners [who surround us]
- Psalms 18:43You have rescued me from the contentions of the people; You have placed me as the head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me.
- Psalms 40:1I waited patiently and expectantly for the Lord; And He inclined to me and heard my cry.
- Exodus 2:10And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. And she named him Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”
- 2 Samuel 22:17He sent from above, He took me; He drew me out of great waters.
- Jonah 2:5The waters surrounded me, to the point of death. The great deep engulfed me, Seaweed was wrapped around my head.
- Revelation 17:15Then the angel said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages.
Commentaries on Psalms 18:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16He 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.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16He sent from above - He interposed to save me. All these manifestations of the divine interposition were from above, or from heaven; all came from God. He took me - He took hold on me; he rescued me. He drew me out of many waters - Margin, great waters. Waters are often expressive of calamity and trouble, Psalm 46:3; Psalm 69:1; Psalm 73:10; Psalm 124:4-5. The meaning here is, that God had rescued him out of the many troubles and dangers that encompassed…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-50This psalm describes a royal story of God rescuing his king. A similar version of this psalm appears in 2 Samuel 22:1–51. The psalm encourages those who hear the earlier prayers for help in Psalms 16 and 17. The psalmist describes the dramatic nature of God’s rescue in three different ways (Psalm 18:7–15, 16–19, 30–36). The psalm also offers hope that a future Son of David will completely defeat evil (Psalm 18:43–50; compare Psalm 2).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1916-19. 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).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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