Psalms 18:16 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁶He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

Psalms 18:16 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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;
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. …
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.
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.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-19)

The title gives us the occasion of penning this psalm; we had it before (2 Sam. 22:1), only here we are told that the psalm was delivered to the chief musician, or precentor, in the temple-songs. Note, The private compositions of good men, designed by them for their own use, may be serviceable to the public, that others may not only borrow light from their candle, but heat from their fire. Example…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 16)

16-19. 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).