Salmi 18:18

18 (H18-17) Essi erano venuti incontro a me nel giorno della mia calamità; Ma il Signore fu il mio sostegno;

Salmi 18:18 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 18:18

They prevented me in the day of my calamity
Referring to the times of his distress in the garden and upon the cross; the time of his sufferings and death, which was a dark and cloudy day, as the word

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 used suggests, both in a literal and in a spiritual sense; and when the day and hour was come, fixed and determined by the will of God, then his enemies, though not before, met him, laid hold on him, were too mighty for him, condemned, crucified, and insulted him;

but the Lord was my stay;
or staff, on whom he leaned, relied, and depended, believing he would help him; and by whom he was supported and upheld, ( Isaiah 42:1 ) ( 50:7-9 ) ( Isaiah 49:7 Isaiah 49:8 ) . The Targum is,

``the Word of the Lord was my stay.''

F24 (ydya Mwyb) "in the day of my cloudy calamity", Ainsworth; "nomen" (dya) "proprie signifient vaporem vel nubem, ut Gen. vii. 6. hinc per metaphoram transfertur ad obscuras ac terrificas calamitatum nebulas, Prov. i. 26.", Gejerus.

Salmi 18:18 In-Context

16 (H18-15) Egli da alto distese la mano e mi prese, E mi trasse, fuori di grandi acque.

17 (H18-16) Egli mi riscosse dal mio potente nemico, E da quelli che mi odiavano; perciocchè erano più forti di me.

18 (H18-17) Essi erano venuti incontro a me nel giorno della mia calamità; Ma il Signore fu il mio sostegno;

19 (H18-18) E mi trasse fuori al largo; Egli mi liberò, perciocchè egli mi gradisce.

20 (H18-19) Il Signore mi ha fatta retribuzione secondo la mia giustizia; Egli mi ha renduto secondo la purità delle mie mani;