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2 Samuel 22:19

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

KJV

Prævenit me in die afflictionis meæ, et factus est Dominus firmamentum meum.

Vulgate

προέφθασάν με ἡμέραι θλίψεώς μου, καὶ ἐγένετο Κύριος ἐπιστήριγμά μου·

LXX

They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.

ASV

יְקַדְּמֻ֖/נִי בְּ/י֣וֹם אֵידִ֑/י וַ/יְהִ֧י יְהוָ֛ה מִשְׁעָ֖ן לִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
ם
m
noun · 24×
מִשְׁעַן
msh'n
noun · 5×
נִי
ny
verb · 26×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 19:11 — Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
  • 1Sam 23:26 — And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men roun
  • Ps 18:18 — They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
  • Ps 23:4 — Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
  • Ps 71:20 — Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
  • Ps 118:10 — All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.