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King James Version

Psalms 18:18

They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Faith;   Readings, Select;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Fire;   Lots;   Psalms, the Book of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Deliver;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Apocalyptic Literature;   David;   English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jonah;   Psalms;   Salvation, Saviour;   Sin;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Prevent;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Calamity;   Day;   Prevent;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for October 29;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
They attacked me at a moment when I was in distress, but the Lord supported me.
English Revised Version
They came upon me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
Update Bible Version
They came on me in the day of my calamity; But Yahweh was my stay.
New Century Version
They attacked me at my time of trouble, but the Lord supported me.
New English Translation
They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the Lord helped me.
Webster's Bible Translation
They attacked me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
World English Bible
They came on me in the day of my calamity, But Yahweh was my support.
Amplified Bible
They confronted me in the day of my disaster, But the LORD was my support.
English Standard Version
They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my support.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He delyuerede me fro my strongeste enemyes; and fro hem that hatiden me, fro thei weren coumfortid on me.
Berean Standard Bible
They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
Contemporary English Version
On the day disaster struck, they came and attacked, but you defended me.
American Standard Version
They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.
Bible in Basic English
They came on me in the day of my trouble; but the Lord was my support.
Complete Jewish Bible
he rescued me from my powerful enemy, from those who hated me, for they were stronger than I.
Darby Translation
They encountered me in the day of my calamity, but Jehovah was my stay.
Easy-to-Read Version
They attacked me in my time of trouble, but the Lord was there to support me.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He delivered me from mine enemy most strong, and from them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
King James Version (1611)
They preuented me in the day of my calamitie: but the Lord was my stay.
New Life Bible
They stood against me in the day of my trouble. But the Lord was my strength.
New Revised Standard
They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but the Lord was my support.
Geneva Bible (1587)
They preuented me in the day of my calamitie: but the Lord was my stay.
George Lamsa Translation
They confronted me in the day of my extremity, but the LORD was my deliverer.
Good News Translation
When I was in trouble, they attacked me, but the Lord protected me.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
They confronted me, in the day of my necessity, Then became Yahweh my stay:
Douay-Rheims Bible
(17-19) They prevented me in the day of my affliction: and the Lord became my protector.
Revised Standard Version
They came upon me in the day of my calamity; but the LORD was my stay.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
They preuented me in the day of my trouble: but God was vnto me a sure stay.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
They prevented me in the day of mine affliction: but the Lord was my stay against them.
Christian Standard Bible®
They confronted me in the day of my calamity,but the Lord was my support.
Hebrew Names Version
They came on me in the day of my calamity, But the LORD was my support.
Lexham English Bible
They confronted me on the day of disaster, but Yahweh was my support.
Literal Translation
They went before my face in my day of calamity, but Jehovah was my support.
Young's Literal Translation
They go before me in a day of my calamity And Jehovah is for a support to me.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They preuented me in the tyme of my trouble, but ye LORDE was my defence.
New American Standard Bible
They confronted me in the day of my disaster, But the LORD was my support.
New King James Version
They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the LORD was my support.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the Lord was my stay.
Legacy Standard Bible
They confronted me in the day of my disaster,But Yahweh was my support.

Contextual Overview

1 I will love thee, O Lord , my strength. 2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. 3 I will call upon the Lord , who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. 5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. 6 In my distress I called upon the Lord , and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. 7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. 8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. 9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet. 10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

me in: Deuteronomy 32:35, 2 Samuel 22:19, Jeremiah 18:17, Obadiah 1:10-14, Zechariah 1:15

but: Psalms 46:1, Psalms 46:2, Psalms 46:11, 1 Samuel 30:6

Reciprocal: Psalms 4:1 - thou Psalms 21:3 - preventest Psalms 118:13 - General Psalms 119:56 - because

Cross-References

Genesis 18:2
And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
Genesis 18:3
And said, My Lord , if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
Genesis 18:17
And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
Genesis 18:18
Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
Genesis 18:25
That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
Genesis 18:26
And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
Genesis 26:4
And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Psalms 72:17
His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
Galatians 3:8
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
Galatians 3:14
That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They prevented me in the day of my calamity,.... Referring to the times of his distress in the garden and upon the cross; the time of his sufferings and death, which was a dark and cloudy day, as the word x used suggests, both in a literal and in a spiritual sense; and when the day and hour was come, fixed and determined by the will of God, then his enemies, though not before, met him, laid hold on him, were too mighty for him, condemned, crucified, and insulted him;

but the Lord was my stay; or staff, on whom he leaned, relied, and depended, believing he would help him; and by whom he was supported and upheld, Isaiah 42:1. The Targum is,

"the Word of the Lord was my stay.''

x ביום אידי "in the day of my cloudy calamity", Ainsworth; "nomen" איד "proprie signifient vaporem vel nubem, ut Gen. vii. 6. hinc per metaphoram transfertur ad obscuras ac terrificas calamitatum nebulas, Prov. i. 26.", Gejerus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They prevented me - They anticipated me, or went before me. See the note at Psalms 18:5. The idea here is that his enemies came before him, or intercepted his way. They were in his path, ready to destroy him.

In the day of my calamity - In the day to which I now look back as the time of my special trial.

But the Lord was my stay - My support, or prop. That is, the Lord upheld me, and kept me from falling.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 18:18. They prevented me in the day of my calamity — They took advantage of the time in which I was least able to make head against them, and their attack was sudden and powerful. I should have been overthrown, but the Lord was my stay. He had been nearly exhausted by the fatigue of the day, when the giant availed himself of this advantage.


 
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