Psalm 18:18
18 They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the Lord was my support.
Other Translations of Psalm 18:18
King James Version
18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
English Standard Version
18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my support.
The Message
18 They hit me when I was down, but God stuck by me.
New King James Version
18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the Lord was my support.
New Living Translation
18 They attacked me at a moment when I was in distress, but the Lord supported me.
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 18:18
Commentary on Psalm 18:1-19
(Read Psalm 18:1-19)
The first words, "I will love thee, O Lord, my strength," are the scope and contents of the psalm. Those that truly love God, may triumph in him as their Rock and Refuge, and may with confidence call upon him. It is good for us to observe all the circumstances of a mercy which magnify the power of God and his goodness to us in it. David was a praying man, and God was found a prayer-hearing God. If we pray as he did, we shall speed as he did. God's manifestation of his presence is very fully described, Hebrews 5:7. God made the earth to shake and tremble, and the rocks to cleave, and brought him out, in his resurrection, because he delighted in him and in his undertaking.