Psalms 18:18
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
KJV
They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.
ASV
יַצִּילֵ֗/נִי מֵ/אֹיְבִ֥/י עָ֑ז וּ֝/מִ/שֹּׂנְאַ֗/י כִּֽי אָמְצ֥וּ מִמֶּֽ/נִּי
Hebrew
They go before me in a day of my calamity And Jehovah is for a support to me.
YLT
They came on me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִמְצ֔וּ
'mtsv
verb · 40×
י
y
verb · 282×
י
y
verb · 148×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
נִי
ny
verb · 211×
עָ֑ז
'z
noun · 24×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 30:6 — And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the
- 2Sam 22:19 — They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
- Deut 32:35 — To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
- Jer 18:17 — I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
- Obad 1:10 — For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
- Ps 4:1 — Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
- Ps 21:3 — For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
- Ps 46:1 — God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- Ps 46:11 — The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- Ps 59:16 — But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
- Ps 119:56 — This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
- Zech 1:15 — And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.