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)
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)
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)
Jonah 2:5-6
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5 The waters closed in over me;
the deep surrounded me;
weeds were wrapped around my head(A)
6 at the roots of the mountains.
I went down to the land
whose bars closed upon me forever;
yet you brought up my life from the Pit,
O Lord my God.(B)
Psalm 57:3
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3 He will send from heaven and save me;
he will put to shame those who trample on me. Selah
God will send forth his steadfast love and his faithfulness.(A)
Psalm 18:43
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43 You delivered me from strife with the peoples;[a]
you made me head of the nations;
people whom I had not known served me.(A)
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- 18.43 Gk Tg: Heb people
Exodus 2:10
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10 When the child grew up, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses,[a] “because,” she said, “I drew him out of the water.”(A)
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- 2.10 In Heb Moses resembles the word for drew
Psalm 40:1-3
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Psalm 40
Thanksgiving for Deliverance and Prayer for Help
To the leader. Of David. A Psalm.
1 I waited patiently for the Lord;
he inclined to me and heard my cry.(A)
2 He drew me up from the desolate pit,[a]
out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
making my steps secure.(B)
3 He put a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear
and put their trust in the Lord.(C)
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- 40.2 Cn: Heb pit of tumult
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
Psalm 32:6
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6 Therefore let all who are faithful
offer prayer to you;
at a time of distress,[a] the rush of mighty waters
shall not reach them.(A)
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- 32.6 Cn: Heb at a time of finding only
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