Psalms 18:18

Contemporary English Version

On the day disaster struck, they came and attacked, but you defended me.

Parallel Translations

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.

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

English Standard Version
They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my support.

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.

Amplified Bible
They confronted me in the day of my disaster, But the LORD was my support.

New American Standard Bible
They confronted me in the day of my disaster, But the LORD was my support.

World English Bible
They came on me in the day of my calamity, But Yahweh was my support.

Geneva Bible (1587)
They preuented me in the day of my calamitie: but the Lord was my stay.

Legacy Standard Bible
They confronted me in the day of my disaster,But Yahweh was my support.

Berean Standard Bible
They confronted me in my day of calamity, 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.

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.

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.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They preuented me in the tyme of my trouble, but ye LORDE was my defence.

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.

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.

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.

English Revised Version
They came upon me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He delyuerede me fro my strongeste enemyes; and fro hem that hatiden me, fro thei weren coumfortid on me.

Update Bible Version
They came on me in the day of my calamity; But Yahweh was my stay.

Webster's Bible Translation
They attacked me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.

New King James Version
They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the LORD was my support.

New Living Translation
They attacked me at a moment when I was in distress, but the Lord supported me.

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.

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.

Young's Literal Translation
They go before me in a day of my calamity And Jehovah is for a support to me.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the Lord was my stay.

Contextual Overview

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(For the music leader. A psalm by David, the Lord 's servant. David sang this to the Lord after the Lord had rescued him from his enemies, but especially from Saul.)

I love you, Lord God, and you make me strong. ² You are my mighty rock, my fortress, my protector, the rock where I am safe, my shield, my powerful weapon, and my place of shelter. ³ I praise you, Lord ! I prayed, and you rescued me from my enemies. ⁴ Death had wrapped its ropes around me, and I was almost swallowed by its flooding waters. ⁵ Ropes from the world of the dead had coiled around me, and death had set a trap in my path. ⁶ I was in terrible trouble when I called out to you, but from your temple you heard me and answered my prayer. ⁷ The earth shook and shivered, and the mountains trembled down to their roots. You were angry ⁸ and breathed out smoke. Scorching heat and fiery flames spewed from your mouth. ⁹ You opened the heavens like curtains, and you came down with storm clouds under your feet. ¹⁰ You rode on the backs of flying creatures and swooped down with the wind as wings.

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
Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. He quickly ran to meet them, bowed with his face to the ground,

Genesis 18:3
and said, "Please come to my home where I can serve you.

Genesis 18:17
The Lord said to himself, "I should tell Abraham what I am going to do,

Genesis 18:18
since his family will become a great and powerful nation that will be a blessing to all other nations on earth.

Genesis 18:25
You surely wouldn't let them be killed when you destroy the evil ones. You are the judge of all the earth, and you do what is right."

Genesis 18:26
The Lord replied, "If I find fifty good people in Sodom, I will save the city to keep them from being killed."

Genesis 26:4
I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all of this land. They will be a blessing to every nation on earth,

Psalms 72:17
May the glory of the king shine brightly forever like the sun in the sky. Let him make nations prosper and learn to praise him.

Galatians 3:8
Long ago the Scriptures said that God would accept the Gentiles because of their faith. That's why God told Abraham the good news that all nations would be blessed because of him.

Galatians 3:14
And because of what Jesus Christ has done, the blessing that was promised to Abraham was taken to the Gentiles. This happened so that by faith we would be given the promised Holy Spirit.

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.