Psalm 144:7
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7 Stretch out your hand from on high;
set me free and rescue me from the mighty waters,
from the hand of foreigners,(A)
Psalm 69:1-2
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Psalm 69
Prayer for Deliverance from Persecution
To the leader: according to Lilies. Of David.
1 Save me, O God,
for the waters have come up to my neck.(A)
2 I sink in deep mire,
where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters,
and the flood sweeps over me.(B)
Psalm 18:16
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16 He reached down from on high; he took me;
he drew me out of mighty waters.(A)
Revelation 17:15
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15 And he said to me, “The waters that you saw, where the whore[a] is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages.(A)
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- 17.15 Or prostitute
Revelation 12:15-16
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15 Then from his mouth the serpent poured water like a river after the woman, to sweep her away with the flood.(A) 16 But the earth came to the help of the woman; it opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth.
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Psalm 93:3-4
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3 The floods have lifted up, O Lord,
the floods have lifted up their voice;
the floods lift up their roaring.
4 More majestic than the thunders of mighty waters,
more majestic than the waves[a] of the sea,
majestic on high is the Lord!(A)
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- 93.4 Cn: Heb majestic are the waves
Psalm 54:3
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3 For the insolent have risen against me;
the ruthless seek my life;
they do not set God before them. Selah(A)
Psalm 18:44
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44 As soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me;
foreigners came cringing to me.
2 Samuel 22:17
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17 He reached from on high; he took me;
he drew me out of mighty waters.(A)
Matthew 27:43
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43 He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he wants to, for he said, ‘I am God’s Son.’ ”(A)
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Malachi 2:11
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11 Judah has been faithless, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem, for Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.(A)
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Psalm 144:11
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11 Rescue me from the cruel sword,
and deliver me from the hand of aliens,
whose mouths speak lies,
and whose right hands are false.(A)
Psalm 69:14-15
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14 rescue me
from sinking in the mire;
let me be delivered from my enemies
and from the deep waters.(A)
15 Do not let the flood sweep over me
or the deep swallow me up
or the Pit close its mouth over me.(B)
Nehemiah 9:2
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2 Then those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.(A)
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