Psalm 18:17

New American Bible - revised edition

He reached down from on high and seized me; drew me out of the deep waters.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:1

David proclaimed the words of this song to the Lord when the Lord had rescued him from the grasp of all his enemies and from the grasp of Saul.

2 Samuel 22:18

He rescued me from my mighty enemy, from foes too powerful for me.

Job 16:9

His wrath tears and assails me, he gnashes his teeth against me; My enemy looks daggers at me.

Psalm 118:7

The Lord is with me as my helper; I shall look in triumph on my foes.

Psalm 138:7

Though I walk in the midst of dangers, you guard my life when my enemies rage. You stretch out your hand; your right hand saves me.

Psalm 142:6

I cry out to you, Lord, I say, You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.

Psalm 144:7

Reach out your hand from on high; deliver me from the many waters; rescue me from the hands of foreign foes.

Psalm 25:19

See how many are my enemies, see how fiercely they hate me.

Psalm 35:10

My very bones shall say, “O Lord, who is like you, Who rescue the afflicted from the powerful, the afflicted and needy from the despoiler?”

Psalm 38:19

I acknowledge my guilt and grieve over my sin.

Psalm 9:13

For the avenger of bloodshed remembers, does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

Luke 19:14

His fellow citizens, however, despised him and sent a delegation after him to announce, ‘We do not want this man to be our king.’