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Psalms 118:13

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - War;   The Topic Concordance - Help;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Warfare of Saints;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Tabernacles, Feast of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Dedication, Feast of the;   Hallel;   Hallelujah;   Joy;   Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread;   Psalms;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Hallel ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Passover;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Hosanna;   Jesus christ;   Psalms the book of;   Tabernacles feast of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They pushed me hard to make me fall,but the Lord helped me.
Hebrew Names Version
You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, But the LORD helped me.
King James Version
Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the Lord helped me.
English Standard Version
I was pushed hard, so that I was falling, but the Lord helped me.
New Century Version
They chased me until I was almost defeated, but the Lord helped me.
New English Translation
"You aggressively attacked me and tried to knock me down, but the Lord helped me.
Amplified Bible
You [my enemy] pushed me violently so that I was falling, But the LORD helped me.
New American Standard Bible
You pushed me violently so that I was falling, But the LORD helped me.
World English Bible
You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, But Yahweh helped me.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou hast thrust sore at me, that I might fall: but the Lord hath holpen me.
Legacy Standard Bible
You pushed me down violently to make me fall,But Yahweh helped me.
Berean Standard Bible
I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me.
Contemporary English Version
Their attacks were so fierce that I nearly fell, but the Lord helped me.
Complete Jewish Bible
You pushed me hard to make me fall, but Adonai helped me.
Darby Translation
Thou hast thrust hard at me that I might fall; but Jehovah helped me.
Easy-to-Read Version
My enemy attacked me and almost destroyed me, but the Lord helped me.
George Lamsa Translation
I have been repelled that I might be overthrown and fall; but the LORD helped me.
Good News Translation
I was fiercely attacked and was being defeated, but the Lord helped me.
Lexham English Bible
You pushed me hard to make me fall, but Yahweh helped me.
Literal Translation
Pushing, you pushed me to fall; but Jehovah helped me.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They thrust at me, that I might fall, but the LORDE was my helpe.
American Standard Version
Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall; But Jehovah helped me.
Bible in Basic English
I have been hard pushed by you, so that I might have a fall: but the Lord was my helper.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall; but the LORD helped me.
King James Version (1611)
Thou hast thrust sore at mee that I might fall: but the Lord helped mee.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou hast thrust sore at me, that I might fall: but God dyd ayde me
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I was thrust, and sorely shaken, that I might fall: but the Lord helped me.
English Revised Version
Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
I was hurlid, and turnede vpsedoun, that Y schulde falle doun; and the Lord took me vp.
Update Bible Version
You thrusted intensely at me that I might fall; But Yahweh helped me.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thou hast violently thrust at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.
New King James Version
You pushed me violently, that I might fall, But the LORD helped me.
New Living Translation
My enemies did their best to kill me, but the Lord rescued me.
New Life Bible
You pushed me back so that I was falling, but the Lord helped me.
New Revised Standard
I was pushed hard, so that I was falling, but the Lord helped me.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thou didst, thrust sore, at me that I might fall, But, Yahweh, hath helped me.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(117-13) Being pushed I was overturned that I might fall: but the Lord supported me.
Revised Standard Version
I was pushed hard, so that I was falling, but the LORD helped me.
Young's Literal Translation
Thou hast sorely thrust me to fall, And Jehovah hath helped me.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
You pushed me violently so that I was falling, But the Lord helped me.

Contextual Overview

1Thank God because he's good, because his love never quits. Tell the world, Israel, "His love never quits." And you, clan of Aaron, tell the world, "His love never quits." And you who fear God , join in, "His love never quits." 5Pushed to the wall, I called to God ; from the wide open spaces, he answered. God 's now at my side and I'm not afraid; who would dare lay a hand on me? God 's my strong champion; I flick off my enemies like flies. Far better to take refuge in God than trust in people; Far better to take refuge in God than trust in celebrities. Hemmed in by barbarians, in God 's name I rubbed their faces in the dirt; Hemmed in and with no way out, in God 's name I rubbed their faces in the dirt; Like swarming bees, like wild prairie fire, they hemmed me in; in God 's name I rubbed their faces in the dirt. I was right on the cliff-edge, ready to fall, when God grabbed and held me. God 's my strength, he's also my song, and now he's my salvation. Hear the shouts, hear the triumph songs in the camp of the saved? "The hand of God has turned the tide! The hand of God is raised in victory! The hand of God has turned the tide!" 17I didn't die. I lived! And now I'm telling the world what God did. God tested me, he pushed me hard, but he didn't hand me over to Death. Swing wide the city gates—the righteous gates! I'll walk right through and thank God ! This Temple Gate belongs to God , so the victors can enter and praise.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 18:17, Psalms 18:18, Psalms 56:1-3, 1 Samuel 20:3, 1 Samuel 25:29, 2 Samuel 17:1-3, Micah 7:8, Matthew 4:1-11, Hebrews 2:14

Reciprocal: Genesis 49:23 - General 2 Chronicles 18:31 - the Lord Psalms 28:7 - heart Psalms 54:4 - General Psalms 94:17 - Unless Psalms 124:6 - who hath not Psalms 129:2 - yet they have

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou hast thrust sore at me, that I might fall,.... Or "pushing, thou hast pushed me a, that I might fall": an apostrophe to some particular enemy, as Saul was to David; who thrust sore at him to take away his life, by casting a javelin at him; speaking to his servants to kill him; sending messengers to watch his house and slay him, and by, pursuing him from place to place. And such an one was Judas to Christ, who lifted up his heel against him, and betrayed him into the hands of his enemies; or the devil in him, and by him; and who thrust sore at Christ by others; by Herod in his infancy, who sought to take away his life; and by the Scribes and Pharisees, who attempted it in different ways, and at last got him nailed to the cross; as well as Satan thrust sore at him, by his temptations in the wilderness, and when in his agonies in the garden, and when on the cross: and so the same enemy thrusts sore at the members of Christ, to cause them to fall from him, and the steadfastness of their faith in him to fail; that they may fall into temptation, and by it into sin, and that finally and totally, and into hell itself, could he obtain it;

but the Lord helped me; helped David, so that he perished not by the hand of Saul, he sometimes feared he should; helped Christ, as man and Mediator, in the day of salvation, and raised him from the dead, and gave him glory: and he helps his people against all their enemies; holds them with his right hand; helps them to fight against them; maintains his own work of grace in them, and keeps them from a total and final falling away, by his power unto salvation. The Targum is,

"the Word of the Lord helped me.''

a רחה רחיתני "impellendo impulisti me", Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, Michaelis; "trudendo trusisti me", Cocceius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall - literally, “Thrusting thou hast thrust at me.” This is the Hebrew mode of expressing intensity, repetition, or emphasis. The meaning is, that they had made a deadly thrust at him; that they had repeated the blows; that they had come with a fierce determination to crush and destroy him. The psalmist, as it were, sees the enemy again before him, and addresses him as if he were present. Everything is vivid to the mind; the whole scene appears again to pass before him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 118:13. Thou hast thrust sore at me — In pushing thou hast pushed me that I might fall.

But the Lord helped me. — Though he possessed skill, courage, and strength, yet these could not have prevailed had not God been his helper; and to him he gives the glory of the victory.


 
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