Psalms 18:18
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
American King James Version (AKJV)
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
American Standard Version (ASV)
They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
They came on me in the day of my trouble; but the Lord was my support.
Webster's Revision
They attacked me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
World English Bible
They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support.
English Revised Version (ERV)
They came upon me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
Definitions for Psalms 18:18
Clarke's Psalms 18:18 Bible Commentary
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.
Barnes's Psalms 18:18 Bible Commentary
They 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.
Wesley's Psalms 18:18 Bible Commentary
18:18 Prevented - They had almost surprized me.
