Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
Parallel translations
- WEB Stretch out your hand from above, rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hands of foreigners;
- 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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Quick answer
David asks God to reach down and rescue him from great waters and from foreigners' hands. It pleads for deliverance from overwhelming danger.
Overview
The 'great waters' symbolize chaos and deadly peril from which only God can rescue. David appeals to God's outstretched hand to draw him out, as God drew Israel through the sea. This rescuing hand foreshadows Christ, who reaches down to save the perishing from the depths (Matthew 14:30-31).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Ps 18:16He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
- Ps 69:1–2Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
- Ps 54:3For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
- Rev 17:15And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
- 2 Sam 22:17He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
- Ps 93:3–4The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
- Matt 27:43He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
- Ps 18:44As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
- Rev 12:15–16And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
- Neh 9:2And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
- Ps 69:14–15Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
- Mal 2:11Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
- Ps 144:11Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
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