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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)My enemies did their best to kill me, but the Lord rescued me.

Context of Psalms 118:13

11They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the Lord I cut them down. 12They swarmed around me like bees, but they were consumed as quickly as burning thorns; in the name of the Lord I cut them down. I was pushed back and about to fall, but the Lord helped me. 14The Lord is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation. 15Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous: “The Lord’s right hand has done mighty 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 18:17He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me.
• Psalms 56:1Be merciful to me, my God, for my enemies are in hot pursuit; all day long they press their attack.
• 1 Samuel 20:3But David took an oath and said, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said to himself, ‘Jonathan must not know this or he will be grieved.’ Yet as surely as the Lord lives and as you live, there is only a step between me and death.”
• 1 Samuel 25:29Even though someone is pursuing you to take your life, the life of my lord will be bound securely in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God, but the lives of your enemies he will hurl away as from the pocket of a sling.
• 2 Samuel 17:1Ahithophel said to Absalom, “I would choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.
• Micah 7:8Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.
• Matthew 4:1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
• Hebrews 2:14Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil—

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

Topics related to Psalms 118:13

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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