Psalm 118:13 “I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me.”

Psalm 118:13

I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.

World English Bible

You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but the LORD helped me.

American Standard Version

Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall; But Jehovah helped me.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou hast thrust sore at me, that I might fall: but the Lord hath holpen me.

Darby Translation

Thou hast thrust hard at me that I might fall; but Jehovah helped me.

Young's Literal Translation

Thou hast sorely thrust me to fall, And Jehovah hath helped me.

Bible in Basic English

I have been hard pushed by you, so that I might have a fall: but the Lord was my helper.

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Cross references

“Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.”

Micah 7:8 Matthew 4:1–11 1 Samuel 25:29 Psalm 56:1–3 2 Samuel 17:1–3 1 Samuel 20:3

Micah 7:8 · BSB

Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.

Matthew 4:1–11 · BSB

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

1 Samuel 25:29 · BSB

And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sli…

Psalm 56:1–3 · BSB

Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.

2 Samuel 17:1–3 · BSB

Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.

1 Samuel 20:3 · BSB

But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, th…

Also

Psalm 140:4 Psalm 86:17

Psalm 140:4 · BSB

Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.

Psalm 86:17 · BSB

Show me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

14The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.

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