Stretch out your hand from above, rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hands of foreigners;
Parallel translations
- KJV Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
- BSB Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,
- NKJV Stretch out Your hand from above; Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters, From the hand of foreigners,
- NASB Reach out with Your hand from on high; Rescue me and save me from great waters, From the hand of foreigners
- NLT Reach down from heaven and rescue me; rescue me from deep waters, from the power of my enemies.
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Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 69:1–2For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Lilies.” By David. Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck!
- Ps 18:16He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters.
- Ps 54:3For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven’t set God before them. Selah.
- Rev 17:15He said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.
- Rev 12:15–16The serpent spewed water out of his mouth after the woman like a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.
- Ps 93:3–4The floods have lifted up, Yahweh, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves.
- Ps 18:44As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.
- Matt 27:43He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
- 2 Sam 22:17He sent from on high and he took me. He drew me out of many waters.
- Ps 144:11Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners, whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
- Mal 2:11Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of Yahweh which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
- Neh 9:2The offspring of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
- Ps 69:14–15Deliver 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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