Psa 18:18
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
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For {thy} violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
The LORD of hosts {is} with us; the God of Jacob {is} our refuge. Selah.
To me {belongeth} vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in {due} time: for the day of their calamity {is} at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
[To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.] God {is} our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. {for: or, of}
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God. {grieved: Heb. bitter}
And I am very sore displeased with the heathen {that are} at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
[To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.] Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me {when I was} in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. {chief...: or, overseer} {have...: or, be gracious unto me}
For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.