Psalms 118:13

Psalms 118:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the Lord helped me.
• New International Version (NIV)I was pushed back and about to fall, but the Lord helped me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I was pushed hard, so that I was falling, but the Lord helped me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You pushed me violently, that I might fall, But the Lord helped me.

Context of Psalms 118:13

11Yes, they were all round me, ready to attack, but I won against them in the name of the Lord. 12They were all round me like a cloud of bees! But they were like a fire in a thorn bush that burns quickly and has soon gone. I turned them away by the power of the Lord. My enemies attacked me and they tried to knock me down! But the Lord helped me. 14The Lord makes me strong and he takes care of me. He is the one who keeps me safe. 15Listen to the happy shouts of God's people in their tents! They have won against their enemies, because the Lord has power to do great things.

Psalms 118:13 word by word

דַּחֹ֣ה דְחִיתַ֣נִי לִנְפֹּ֑ל וַ֖יהוָ֣ה עֲזָרָֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou hast thrustדָּחָהdâchâh dâchach · to thrustH1760
• at me that I might fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• but the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• helpedעָזַר‛âzar · to helpH5826

Cross-references for Psalms 118:13

• Psalms 18:17Yes, he saved me from my powerful enemies. The people who hated me were too strong for me, but the Lord saved me from their power.
• Psalms 56:1God, please be kind to me, and help me, because people are fighting me. My enemies are attacking me every day.
• 1 Samuel 20:3But David answered, ‘Your father knows that you like me very much. He has decided that he will not tell you. He does not want to make you upset. I promise that my words are true, as truly as the Lord lives and you live. I know that I am very near to death.’
• 1 Samuel 25:29People may chase after you and try to kill you. But the Lord your God will always keep you safe. He will throw your enemies away like someone who throws a stone from his sling.
• 2 Samuel 17:1Ahithophel said to Absalom, ‘Please let me choose 12,000 men so that I can go and attack David tonight.
• Micah 7:8My enemy, do not be happy because I am in trouble. I have fallen down, but I will get up. I am in the dark, but the Lord will be a light to me.
• Matthew 4:1Then the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness. While he was there, the Devil came to him. He tried to cause Jesus to do wrong things.
• Hebrews 2:14So, those people who become God's children are human. They have human bodies. Because of that, Jesus himself became human like us. In that way, when he died he was able to destroy the Devil. It is the Devil who has power over death.

Commentaries on Psalms 118:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Thou 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Thou 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-29The psalmist joyfully thanks the Lord for his goodness and urges others to trust in his loving devotion (Psalm 118:1–4, 29). This poem is the last of the Egyptian Hallel (Psalms 113–118).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1613-16. The enemy is triumphantly addressed as if present.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Psalms 118

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings