2 Samuel 22:17

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He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 144:7 : 7 Put out your hand from on high; make me free, take me safely out of the great waters, and out of the hands of strange men;
  • Isa 43:2 : 2 When you go through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not go over you: when you go through the fire, you will not be burned; and the flame will have no power over you.
  • Lam 3:54 : 54 Waters were flowing over my head; I said, I am cut off.
  • Rev 17:15 : 15 And he said to me, The waters which you saw, where the evil woman is seated, are peoples, and armies, and nations and languages.
  • Exod 2:10 : 10 And when the child was older, she took him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son, and she gave him the name Moses, Because, she said, I took him out of the water.
  • Ps 18:16 : 16 He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.
  • Ps 32:6 : 6 For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake him.
  • Ps 59:1-2 : 1 <To the chief music-maker; put to At-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. When Saul sent, and they were watching the house, to put him to death.> Take me out of the hands of the cruel ones, O my God; keep me safe from those who come up against me. 2 Take me out of the power of the workers of evil, and keep me safe from the men of blood.
  • Ps 93:3-4 : 3 The rivers send up, O Lord, the rivers send up their voices; they send them up with a loud cry. 4 The Lord in heaven is stronger than the noise of great waters, yes, he is stronger than the great waves of the sea.
  • Ps 124:4-5 : 4 We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul; 5 Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul.
  • Ps 130:1 : 1 <A Song of the going up.> Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 18:15-17
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    98%

    15 Then the deep beds of the waters were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of your words of wrath, O Lord, because of the breath from your mouth.

    16 He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.

    17 He made me free from my strong hater, and from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.

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    18 He made me free from my strong hater, from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.

    19 They came on me in the day of my trouble: but the Lord was my support.

    20 He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.

  • 7 Put out your hand from on high; make me free, take me safely out of the great waters, and out of the hands of strange men;

  • 2 Sam 22:5-6
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    78%

    5 For the waves of death came round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear;

    6 The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.

  • Jonah 2:3-6
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    77%

    3 In my trouble I was crying to the Lord, and he gave me an answer; out of the deepest underworld I sent up a cry, and you gave ear to my voice.

    4 For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.

    5 And I said, I have been sent away from before your eyes; how may I ever again see your holy Temple?

    6 The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head.

  • Ps 40:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 <To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm.> When I was waiting quietly for the Lord, his heart was turned to me, and he gave ear to my cry.

    2 He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.

  • 19 He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.

  • Ps 69:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14 Take me from the grip of the sticky earth, so that I may not go down into it; let me be lifted up from the deep waters.

    15 Let me not be covered by the flowing waters; let not the deep waters go over my head, and let me not be shut up in the underworld.

  • 54 Waters were flowing over my head; I said, I am cut off.

  • Ps 69:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim. Of David.> Be my saviour, O God; because the waters have come in, even to my neck.

    2 My feet are deep in the soft earth, where there is no support; I have come into deep waters, the waves are flowing over me.

  • 4 Take me out of the net which they have put ready for me secretly; for you are my strength.

  • 49 He makes me free from my haters: I am lifted up over those who come up against me: you have made me free from the violent man.

  • 16 Then the deep beds of the sea were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of the Lord's wrath, because of the breath of his mouth.

  • 7 Deep is sounding to deep at the noise of your waterfalls; all your waves have gone rolling over me.

  • 16 The waters saw you, O God; the waters saw you, they were in fear: even the deep was troubled.

  • 3 He will send from heaven, and take me from the power of him whose desire is for my destruction. God will send out his mercy and his good faith.

  • 1 <A Song of the going up.> Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord.

  • Ps 124:4-5
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    74%

    4 We would have been covered by the waters; the streams would have gone over our soul;

    5 Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our soul.

  • 48 He makes me free from my haters; I am lifted up over those who come up against me: you have made me free from the violent man.

  • Ps 78:15-16
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    15 The rocks of the waste land were broken by his power, and he gave them drink as out of the deep waters.

    16 He made streams come out of the rock; and waters came flowing down like rivers.

  • Ps 18:4-5
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    73%

    4 The cords of death were round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear.

    5 The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.

  • 7 He makes the waters of the sea come together in a mass; he keeps the deep seas in store-houses.

  • 22 The Lord said, I will make them come back from Bashan, and from the deep parts of the sea;

  • 2 From the end of the earth will I send up my cry to you, when my heart is overcome: take me to the rock which is over-high for me.

  • 1 <A Song of the going up.> In my trouble my cry went up to the Lord, and he gave me an answer.

  • 22 Lifting me up, you make me go on the wings of the wind; I am broken up by the storm.

  • 2 And he said, The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour, even mine;

  • 21 They had no need of water when he was guiding them through the waste lands: he made water come out of the rock for them: the rock was parted and the waters came flowing out.

  • 15 You made valleys for fountains and springs; you made the ever-flowing rivers dry.

  • Ps 30:2-3
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    72%

    2 O Lord my God, I sent up my cry to you, and you have made me well.

    3 O Lord, you have made my soul come again from the underworld: you have given me life and kept me from going down among the dead.

  • 13 From on high he has sent fire into my bones, and it has overcome them: his net is stretched out for my feet, I am turned back by him; he has made me waste and feeble all the day.

  • 37 You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet make no slip.

  • 20 You, who have sent great and bitter troubles on me, will give me life again, lifting me up from the deep waters of the underworld.

  • 7 You gave a cry in your trouble, and I made you free; I gave you an answer in the secret place of the thunder; I put you to the test at the waters of Meribah. (Selah.)

  • 3 The voice of the Lord is on the waters: the God of glory is thundering, the Lord is on the great waters.