They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support.
Parallel Translations
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They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support.
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They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
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They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but the LORD was a stay unto me.
Cross-references (10)
Passages linked to 2 Samuel 22:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 71:20-21 You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth. Increase my honor and comfort me again.
- 1 Samuel 19:11-17 Saul sent messengers to David’s house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning. Michal, David’s wife, told him, saying, “If you don’t save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.” So Michal let David down through the window. He went away, fled, and escaped. Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair at its head, and covered it with clothes. When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.” Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.” When the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats’ hair at its head. Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me like this and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?” Michal answered Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go! Why should I kill you?’ ”
- 1 Samuel 23:26-27 Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David hurried to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men to take them. But a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come; for the Philistines have made a raid on the land!”
- Psalms 23:4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
- Psalms 118:10-13 All the nations surrounded me, but in Yahweh’s name, I cut them off. They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In Yahweh’s name I indeed cut them off. They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In Yahweh’s name I cut them off. You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but Yahweh helped me.
- 2 Samuel 15:10-13 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, ‘Absalom is king in Hebron!’ ” Two hundred men went with Absalom out of Jerusalem, who were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they didn’t know anything. Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. The conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom. A messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.”
- Psalms 18:18-19 They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support. He brought me out also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
- Isaiah 26:19 Your dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast out the departed spirits.
- Isaiah 50:10 Who among you fears Yahweh and obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness and has no light, let him trust in Yahweh’s name, and rely on his God.
- Matthew 27:39-44 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, “You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!” Likewise the chief priests also mocking, with the scribes, the Pharisees, and the elders, said, “He saved others, but he can’t save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him. He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ” The robbers also who were crucified with him cast on him the same reproach.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain I was so beset, that all means seemed to…
I was so beset, that all means seemed to fail.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain He teacheth my hands to war; so that a…
He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. See Gill on Psa 18:34.
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2 Samuel 22:36
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sa2 22:36Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great. See Gill on Psa 18:35.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 19. Day of my misfortune — While he was…
19. Day of my misfortune — While he was a fugitive and an outlaw, and also afterwards, when rebellion broke out in his own family.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 19. They prevented me] They encountered me, the same…
19. They prevented me] They encountered me, the same word as in 2Sa_22:6, meaning to meet with hostile intention. Prevent is used in a sense which illustrates the transition from the original meaning ‘to go before’ to the modern meaning ‘to hinder.’ See the Bible Word Book, p. 383. Cp. Milton’s Paradise Lost, vi. 129:
Half way he met
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His daring foe, at this prevention more
Incens’d.
my stay] The staff on which he leaned for support. Cp. Psa_23:4.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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This continues David's song to Yahweh. He uses parallelism to emphasize what he is saying. (See: Parallelism)
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They came against me on the day of my distress
"My enemies fought against me when I was in great trouble"
the day of my distress
"the time of my distress"
but Yahweh was my support
"but Yahweh supported me" or "but Yahweh helped me"
a wide open place
This refers to a place where there was no danger and his enemies could not trap him.
to the measure of the cleanness of my hands
Here "cleanness of my hands" means the same as "righteousness." AT: "because I obey his commands" (See: Idiom and Metaphor)
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save
reward
righteous
restore
clean
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