King James Version
2 Samuel 22:19 in the King James Version says “They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.”
2 Samuel 22:19 · KJV
He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters; many: or, great
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“They prevented”
H6923to project (one self), i.e., precede; hence, to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help)
“me in the day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“but the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“was my stay”
H4937a support (concretely), i.e., (figuratively) a protector or sustenance
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