18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
18 They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the Lord was my support.
18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my support.
18 They hit me when I was down, but God stuck by me.
18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the Lord was my support.
18 They attacked me at a moment when I was in distress, but the Lord supported me.
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.