2 Samuel 22:17 · KJV
“He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters; {many: or, great}”
— 2 Samuel 22:17
And 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.
He delivered me from my strong enemy, {and} from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
2 Samuel 22 — Context
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
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; {many: or, great}
18He delivered me from my strong enemy, {and} from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
19They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
Cross References
Isaiah 43:2
When thou passest through the waters, I {will be} with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
Psalms 144:7
Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; {hand from: Heb. hands from}
Psalms 18:16
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. {many: or, great}
Psalms 32:6
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. {when...: Heb. of finding}
Psalms 130:1
[A Song of degrees.] Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
Revelation 17:15
And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
Psalms 93:3-4
The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
Psalms 124:4-5
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: