Psalms 18:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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;
  • Jonah 2:5-6 : 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.
  • 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.
  • 2 Sam 22:17 : 17 He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.
  • Ps 18:43 : 43 You have made me free from the fightings of the people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.
  • 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 40:1-3 : 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. 3 And he put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God; numbers have seen it with fear, and put their faith in the Lord.
  • Ps 57:3 : 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.
  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 98%

    16Then 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.

    17He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.

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

  • Ps 18:17-19
    3 verses
    84%

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

    18They came on me in the day of my trouble; but the Lord was my support.

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

  • 7Put 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;

  • Jonah 2:3-6
    4 verses
    77%

    3In 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.

    4For 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.

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

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

  • Lam 3:54-55
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    76%

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

    55I was making prayer to your name, O Lord, out of the lowest prison.

  • 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.

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

  • Ps 69:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14Take 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.

    15Let 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.

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

  • Ps 40:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

    2He 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.

  • 15Then 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.

  • 2 Sam 22:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

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

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

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

  • 48He 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
    2 verses
    74%

    15The rocks of the waste land were broken by his power, and he gave them drink as out of the deep waters.

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

  • 3He 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.

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

  • Ps 18:4-6
    3 verses
    74%

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

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

    6In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came before him, even into his ears.

  • 49He 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.

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

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

  • Ps 124:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

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

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

  • 2From 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.

  • 2The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

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

  • 13I have been hard pushed by you, so that I might have a fall: but the Lord was my helper.

  • Ps 18:35-36
    2 verses
    71%

    35You have given me the breastplate of your salvation: your right hand has been my support, and your mercy has made me great.

    36You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping.

  • 21They 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.

  • 13From 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.

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

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

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

  • 33He makes my feet like roes' feet, and puts me on high places.

  • 7You 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.)