17 “He(A) sent from above, He took me,
He drew me out of many waters.

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17 “He reached down from on high(A) and took hold of me;
    he drew(B) me out of deep waters.

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(A)When you pass through the waters, (B)I will be with you;
And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you.
When you (C)walk through the fire, you shall not be burned,
Nor shall the flame scorch you.

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When you pass through the waters,(A)
    I will be with you;(B)
and when you pass through the rivers,
    they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,(C)
    you will not be burned;
    the flames will not set you ablaze.(D)

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Stretch out Your hand from above;
Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters,
From the hand of foreigners,

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Reach down your hand from on high;(A)
    deliver me and rescue me(B)
from the mighty waters,(C)
    from the hands of foreigners(D)

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16 (A)He sent from above, He took me;
He drew me out of many waters.

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16 He reached down from on high and took hold of me;
    he drew me out of deep waters.(A)

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15 Then he said to me, (A)“The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, (B)are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.

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15 Then the angel said to me, “The waters(A) you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages.(B)

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Waiting for the Redemption of the Lord

A Song of Ascents.

130 Out (A)of the depths I have cried to You, O Lord;

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Psalm 130

A song of ascents.

Out of the depths(A) I cry to you,(B) Lord;

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Then the waters would have overwhelmed us,
The stream would have [a]gone over our soul;
Then the swollen waters
Would have [b]gone over our soul.”

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  1. Psalm 124:4 swept over
  2. Psalm 124:5 swept over

the flood(A) would have engulfed us,
    the torrent(B) would have swept over us,
the raging waters
    would have swept us away.

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The floods have [a]lifted up, O Lord,
The floods have lifted up their voice;
The floods lift up their waves.
(A)The Lord on high is mightier
Than the noise of many waters,
Than the mighty waves of the sea.

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  1. Psalm 93:3 raised up

The seas(A) have lifted up, Lord,
    the seas have lifted up their voice;(B)
    the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.(C)
Mightier than the thunder(D) of the great waters,
    mightier than the breakers(E) of the sea—
    the Lord on high is mighty.(F)

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The Assured Judgment of the Wicked

To the Chief Musician. Set to [a]“Do Not Destroy.” A Michtam of David (A)when Saul sent men, and they watched the house in order to kill him.

59 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;
[b]Defend me from those who rise up against me.
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity,
And save me from bloodthirsty men.

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  1. Psalm 59:1 Heb. Al Tashcheth
  2. Psalm 59:1 Lit. Set me on high

Psalm 59[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A miktam.[b] When Saul had sent men to watch David’s house(A) in order to kill him.

Deliver me from my enemies, O God;(B)
    be my fortress against those who are attacking me.(C)
Deliver me from evildoers(D)
    and save me from those who are after my blood.(E)

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  1. Psalm 59:1 In Hebrew texts 59:1-17 is numbered 59:2-18.
  2. Psalm 59:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

(A)For this cause everyone who is godly shall (B)pray to You
In a time when You may be found;
Surely in a flood of great waters
They shall not come near him.

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Therefore let all the faithful pray to you
    while you may be found;(A)
surely the rising(B) of the mighty waters(C)
    will not reach them.(D)

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54 (A)The waters flowed over my head;
(B)I said, “I am cut off!”

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54 the waters closed over my head,(A)
    and I thought I was about to perish.(B)

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10 And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became (A)her son. So she called his name [a]Moses, saying, “Because I drew him out of the water.”

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  1. Exodus 2:10 Heb. Mosheh, lit. Drawn Out

10 When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. She named(A) him Moses,[a] saying, “I drew(B) him out of the water.”

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  1. Exodus 2:10 Moses sounds like the Hebrew for draw out.