2Sa 22:17 | NETfull | STEP | He reached down from above and grabbed me; he pulled me from the surging water.

2 Samuel 22:17

17 He reached down from above and grabbed me; ^{▼▼ Heb “stretched.” Perhaps “his hand” should be supplied by ellipsis (see Ps 144:7). In this poetic narrative context the three prefixed verbal forms in this verse are best understood as preterites indicating past tense, not imperfects.}
he pulled me from the surging water. ^{▼▼ Heb “mighty waters.” The waters of the sea symbolize the psalmist’s powerful enemies, as well as the realm of death they represent (see v. 5 and Ps 144:7).}