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Psalm 118:13

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118:13“You aggressively attacked me16 and tried to knock me down,17

but the Lord helped me.

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Footnotes

  1. 16 Heb “pushing, you pushed me.” The infinitive absolute emphasizes the following verbal idea. The psalmist appears to address the nations as if they were an individual enemy. Some find this problematic and emend the verb form (which is a Qal perfect second masculine singular with a first person singular suffix) to נִדְחֵיתִי (nidkheti), a Niphal perfect first common singular, “I was pushed.”
  2. 17 Heb “to fall,” i.e., “that [I] might fall.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I was pushed hard, so that I was falling,

but the Lord helped me.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I was pushed back and about to fall,

but the Lord helped me.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They pushed me hard to make me fall,

but the Lord helped me.

NLTNew Living Translation

My enemies did their best to kill me,

but the Lord rescued me.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

You pushed me hard to make me fall,

but Yahweh helped me.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall:

But the Lord helped me.