Psalms 118 · Verse 13

Psalms 118:13

Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the Lord helped me.
Psalms 118:13, King James Version

Psalms 118:13 in other translations

BSBI was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me.
WEBYou pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but the LORD helped me.
ASVThou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall; But Jehovah helped me.
YLTThou hast sorely thrust me to fall, And Jehovah hath helped me.
DARBYThou hast thrust hard at me that I might fall; but Jehovah helped me.
BBEI have been hard pushed by you, so that I might have a fall: but the Lord was my helper.
WebsterThou hast violently thrust at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.

What does Psalms 118:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 118:13-16
13-16. The enemy is triumphantly addressed as if present.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 Thou hast thrust sore at me - In pushing thou hast pushed me that I might fall. But the Lord helped me - Though he possessed skill, courage, and strength, yet these could not have prevailed had not God been his helper; and to him he gives the glory of the victory.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 118:1-18

The account the psalmist here gives of his troubles is very applicable to Christ: many hated him without a cause; nay, the Lord himself chastened him sorely, bruised him, and put him to grief, that by his stripes we might be healed. God is sometimes the strength of his people, when he is not their song; they have spiritual supports, though they want spiritual delights. Whether the believer traces back his comfort to…

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Psalms 118:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

דַּחֹ֣הda.Chohcertainly <to push>H1760
דְחִיתַ֣נִיde.chi.Ta.niyou pushed meH1760
לִנְפֹּ֑לlin.Polto fallH5307
וַ֖יהוָ֣הva.Yah.wehand YahwehH3068
עֲזָרָֽנִי\׃'a.za.Ra.nihe helped meH5826

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 118:13

  • Psalms 140:4

    Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

  • Psalms 86:17

    Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and comforted me.

  • Micah 7:8

    Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.

  • Psalms 18:17-18

    He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me. They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.

  • Matthew 4:1-11

    Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. …

  • 1 Samuel 25:29

    Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.

  • 2 Samuel 17:1-3

    Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only: And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.

  • Psalms 56:1-3

    To the chief Musician upon Jonath–elem–rechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me. Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High. What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

  • 1 Samuel 20:3

    And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

  • Hebrews 2:14

    Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
18:17,18; 56:1-3; 1Sa 20:3; 25:29; 2Sa 17:1-3; Mic 7:8; Mt 4:1-11
Heb 2:14

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Context

  • Psalms 118:12

    They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.

  • Psalms 118:13

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

  • Psalms 118:14

    The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.

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Psalms 118:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Empujásteme con violencia para que cayese: empero ayudóme Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tu m’avais rudement poussé, pour que je tombe; mais l’ Éternel m’a été en secours.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Hart hast du mich gestoßen, um mich zu Fall zu bringen; aber Jehova hat mir geholfen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		In labiis meis pronuntiavi omnia judicia oris tui.