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Psalms 18:16 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters. "

Psalms 18:16

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14 He sent out his arrows, and scattered them. He routed them with great lightning bolts.

15 Then the channels of waters appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

16 He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters.

17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

18 They came on me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.

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Related Verses

2 Samuel 22:17

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"He sent from on high and he took me. He drew me out of many waters."

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Lamentations 1:13

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"“From on high has he sent fire into my bones, and it prevails against them. He has spread a net for my feet. He has turned me back. He has made me desolate and I faint all day long."

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Sirach 51:3

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"and delivered me, according to the abundance of your mercy and of your name, from the gnashings of teeth ready to devour, out of the hand of those seeking my life, out of the many afflictions I endured,"

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Psalms 69:14

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"Deliver me out of the mire, and don’t let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters."

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Psalms 57:3

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"He will send from heaven, and save me, he rebukes the one who is pursuing me. Selah. God will send out his loving kindness and his truth."

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Psalms 144:7

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"Stretch out your hand from above, rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hands of foreigners,"

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From This Chapter

Psalms 18:1

"I love you, LORD, my strength."

Psalms 18:2

"The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower."

Psalms 18:3

"I call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; and I am saved from my enemies."

Psalms 18:4

"The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid."

Psalms 18:5

"The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me."

Psalms 18:6

"In my distress I called on the LORD, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears."

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