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Verse	Translation	Text
Ps 118:13	King James	Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
The enemy is triumphantly addressed as if present.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

The enemy is triumphantly addressed as if present.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall - literally, "Thrusting thou hast thrust at me." This is the Hebrew mode of expressing intensity, repetition, or emphasis. The meaning is, that they had made a deadly thrust at him; that they had repeated the blows; that they had come with a fierce determination to crush and destroy him. The psalmist, as it were, sees the enemy again before him, and addresses him as if he were present. Everything is vivid to the mind; the whole scene appears again to pass before him.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall - literally, "Thrusting thou hast thrust at me." This is the Hebrew mode of expressing intensity, repetition, or emphasis. The meaning is, that they had made a deadly thrust at him; that they had repeated the blows; that they had come with a fierce determination to crush and destroy him. The psalmist, as it were, sees the enemy again before him, and addresses him as if he were present. Everything is vivid to the mind; the whole scene appears again to pass before him.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Thou - O mine enemy. The singular word is here put collectively for all his enemies.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Thou - O mine enemy. The singular word is here put collectively for all his enemies.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
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 Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

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.

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