Psalms 18:16

Salvation God's presence Protection and safety Discouragement and depression

¹⁴ He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.

¹⁵ The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.

¹⁷ He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.

¹⁸ They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
KJV: He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
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.
DARBY: He reached forth from above, he took me, he drew me out of great waters:
BLB: He sent from above, he took hold of me; He drew me out from the many waters.

ÅB: Han rakte hånden ut fra det høye.
Han grep meg;
han dro meg opp av store vann.
OTB: Han rakte ned fra det høye, han grep meg;
Han dro meg opp av dype vann.
B1930: Han rakte sin hånd ut fra det høie, han grep mig; han drog mig op av store vann.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Samuel 22:17
He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.
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Psalms 144:7
Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,
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Psalms 57:3
He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.
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Jonah 2:5–6
The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.
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Psalms 18:43
You 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.
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Psalms 32:6
Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.
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Exodus 2:10
When 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.”
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Psalms 40:1–3
I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
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