¹⁶ He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.

⁷ Put out your hand from on high; make me free, take me safely out of the great waters, and out of the hands of strange men;

¹⁰ And when the child was older, she took him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son, and she gave him the name Moses, Because, she said, I took him out of the water.

¹⁷ He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.

⁵ And I said, I have been sent away from before your eyes; how may I ever again see your holy Temple?

⁶ The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head.

⁴³ You have made me free from the fightings of the people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.

⁶ For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake him.

¹ <To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm.> When I was waiting quietly for the Lord, his heart was turned to me, and he gave ear to my cry.

² He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.

³ And he put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God; numbers have seen it with fear, and put their faith in the Lord.

³ He will send from heaven, and take me from the power of him whose desire is for my destruction. God will send out his mercy and his good faith.

¹⁵ And he said to me, The waters which you saw, where the evil woman is seated, are peoples, and armies, and nations and languages.