New English Translation
Psalms 18:18
18They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the Lord helped me.
Psalms 18:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
- New International Version (NIV)They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the Lord was my support.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my support.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the Lord was my support.
Context of Psalms 18:18
16He reached down from above and took hold of me; he pulled me from the surging water. 17He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hate me, for they were too strong for me. They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the Lord helped me. 19He brought me out into a wide open place; he delivered me because he was pleased with me. 20The Lord repaid me for my godly deeds; he rewarded my blameless behavior.
Read all of Psalms 18Psalms 18:18 word by word
יְקַדְּמ֥וּנִי בְיוֹם־אֵידִ֑י וַֽיְהִי־יְהוָ֖ה לְמִשְׁעָ֣ן לִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 18:18
- Deuteronomy 32:34“Is this not stored up with me?” says the Lord, “Is it not sealed up in my storehouses?
- 2 Samuel 22:19They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the Lord helped me.
- Jeremiah 18:17I will scatter them before their enemies like dust blowing in front of a burning east wind. I will turn my back on them and not look favorably on them when disaster strikes them.”
- Obadiah 1:10“Because you violently slaughtered your relatives, the people of Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be destroyed forever.
- Zechariah 1:15But I am greatly displeased with the nations that take my grace for granted. I was a little displeased with them, but they have only made things worse for themselves.
- Psalms 46:1God is our strong refuge; he is truly our helper in times of trouble.
- 1 Samuel 30:6David was very upset, for the men were thinking of stoning him; each man grieved bitterly over his sons and daughters. But David drew strength from the Lord his God.
Commentaries on Psalms 18:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18They 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.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18They prevented me - They anticipated me, or went before me. See the note at Psalm 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.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-50This psalm describes a royal story of God rescuing his king. A similar version of this psalm appears in 2 Samuel 22:1–51. The psalm encourages those who hear the earlier prayers for help in Psalms 16 and 17. The psalmist describes the dramatic nature of God’s rescue in three different ways (Psalm 18:7–15, 16–19, 30–36). The psalm also offers hope that a future Son of David will completely defeat evil (Psalm 18:43–50; compare Psalm 2).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1916-19. from above--As seated on a throne, directing these terrible scenes, God-- sent--His hand (Psa 144:7), reached down to His humble worshipper, and delivered him. many waters--calamities (Job 30:14; Psa 124:4, 5).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 18
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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