He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
He drew me out of many waters - like a second Moses, whose name (meaning drawn out) is from the Hebrew; used here for "He drew me" х yamªsheeniy (H4871), a word which occurs nowhere else] (Exodus 2:10). Moses was a type of Israel and the Church: the waters typify hostile oppression; cf. Psalms 18:17, which explains "many waters" by "my strong enemy." Thus, the history of Moses was 'a prophecy constantly realizing itself anew under similar circumstances' (Hengstenberg).