Psalms 118:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

You thrust hard at me that I might fall, but the LORD helped me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דַּחֹ֣ה דְחִיתַ֣נִי לִנְפֹּ֑ל וַ֖יהוָ֣ה עֲזָרָֽנִי

Transliteration

Daḥōh dəḥîtanî to-nəpōl and-YHWH ʿăzārānî

Grammar Details

• *Daḥōh*: infinitive absolute - pushing
• *dəḥîtanî*: perfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person suffix - you pushed me
• *nəpōl*: infinitive construct with prefix lamed - to fall
• *YHWH*: divine name with prefix waw - and Yahweh
• *ʿăzārānî*: perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person suffix - he helped me

Word Meanings

• *Daḥōh dəḥîtanî*: pushing you pushed me/you violently pushed me/you thoroughly thrust at me
• *nəpōl*: to fall/to be cast down
• *ʿăzārānî*: he helped me/he assisted me/he came to my aid

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  You pushed me hard so that I was falling, but the Lord helped me.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  They thrust at me, that I might fall, but the LORDE was my helpe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

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

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou hast thrust sore at me, that I might fall: but God dyd ayde me

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, But Yahweh helped me.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “You aggressively attacked me and tried to knock me down, but the LORD helped me.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 140:4 : 4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have purposed to overthrow my steps.
• Ps 18:17-18 : 17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me: for they were too strong for me. 18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my support.
• Ps 56:1-3 : 1 Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up; he fights against me daily oppressing me. 2 My enemies would daily swallow me up, for there are many who fight against me, O Most High. 3 Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in you.
• Ps 86:17 : 17 Show me a sign for good, that they who hate me may see it and be ashamed, because You, LORD, have helped me and comforted me.
• 1 Sam 20:3 : 3 And David swore moreover, and said, Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.
• 1 Sam 25:29 : 29 Yet a man has risen to pursue you and seek your life; but the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD your God; and the lives of your enemies, He shall sling out, as from the pocket of a sling.
• 2 Sam 17:1-3 : 1 Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue David tonight: 2 And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people who are with him will flee, and I will strike the king only: 3 And I will bring back all the people to you: the man whom you seek is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.
• Mic 7:8 : 8 Do not rejoice against me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light to me.
• Matt 4:1-9 : 1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward became hungry. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If you are the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. 5 Then the devil took him into the holy city, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, 6 And said to him, If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning you, and in their hands they shall bear you up, lest at any time you strike your foot against a stone. 7 Jesus said to him, It is written again, You shall not tempt the Lord your God. 8 Again, the devil took him up into an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory, 9 And said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me. 10 Then Jesus said to him, Go away, Satan, for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and only him shall you serve. 11 Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and ministered to him.
• Heb 2:14 : 14 Since then the children partake of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil;