Psalms 18:16

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 144:7 : 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 : 5 The waters compassed me about, [even] to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. 6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars [was] about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
  • Exod 2:10 : 10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
  • 2 Sam 22:17 : 17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
  • Ps 18:43 : 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.
  • Ps 32:6 : 6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
  • Ps 40:1-3 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, [and] established my goings. 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, [even] praise unto our God: many shall see [it], and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
  • Ps 57:3 : 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.
  • Rev 17:15 : 15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 98%

    16And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

    17He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;

    18He delivered me from my strong enemy, [and] from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.

  • Ps 18:17-19
    3 verses
    84%

    17He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

    18They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.

    19He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

  • 7Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;

  • Jonah 2:3-6
    4 verses
    77%

    3For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

    4Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

    5The waters compassed me about, [even] to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

    6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars [was] about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.

  • Lam 3:54-55
    2 verses
    76%

    54Waters flowed over mine head; [then] I said, I am cut off.

    55¶ I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.

  • Ps 69:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1¶ To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto [my] soul.

    2I sink in deep mire, where [there is] no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

  • Ps 69:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

    15Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

  • 20He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

  • Ps 40:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

    2He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, [and] established my goings.

  • 15Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

  • 2 Sam 22:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

    6The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

  • 4Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou [art] my strength.

  • 48He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.

  • Ps 78:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave [them] drink as [out of] the great depths.

    16He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

  • 3He 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.

  • 16The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.

  • Ps 18:4-6
    3 verses
    74%

    4The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

    5The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

    6In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, [even] into his ears.

  • 49And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.

  • 1¶ A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.

  • 7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

  • Ps 124:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

    5Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

  • 2From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock [that] is higher than I.

  • 2The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, [and] my high tower.

  • 1¶ A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.

  • 13Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.

  • Ps 18:35-36
    2 verses
    71%

    35Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.

    36Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

  • 21And they thirsted not [when] he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

  • 13From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate [and] faint all the day.

  • 15Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

  • 22¶ The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring [my people] again from the depths of the sea:

  • 7He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

  • 33He maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], and setteth me upon my high places.

  • 7Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.