They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
Parallel translations
- WEB They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support.
- KJV They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
- NKJV They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the Lord was my support.
- NASB “They confronted me on the day of my disaster, But the Lord was my support.
- NLT They attacked me at a moment when I was in distress, but the Lord supported me.
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Quick answer
In the day of calamity, when enemies confronted David, Yahweh was his support. God upholds his people precisely in their worst moments.
Overview
David recalls that the day of disaster, when he was most vulnerable, was the day God proved his steadfast support. The Lord does not abandon his own in trouble but becomes their stay. This assures believers that God's nearness is surest in the hour of greatest need.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 71:20–21Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.
- Ps 23:4Even 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.
- Ps 118:10–13All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
- 1 Sam 19:11–17Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”
- 1 Sam 23:26–27Saul was proceeding along one side of the mountain, and David and his men along the other side. Even though David was hurrying to get away, Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.
- Ps 18:18–19They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
- Isa 26:19Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
- 2 Sam 15:10–13Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”
- Isa 50:10Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.
- Matt 27:39–44And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads
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