The Meaning of 2 Samuel 22:19 Explained

2 Samuel 22:19

KJV: They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.

YLT: They are before me in a day of my calamity, And Jehovah is my support,

Darby: They encountered me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.

ASV: They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

They prevented  me in the day  of my calamity:  but the LORD  was my stay. 

What does 2 Samuel 22:19 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Samuel 22

1  David's psalm of thanksgiving for God's deliverance and blessings

What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 22:19 mean?

they confronted me in the day of my calamity but was Yahweh support my
יְקַדְּמֻ֖נִי בְּי֣וֹם אֵידִ֑י וַיְהִ֧י יְהוָ֛ה מִשְׁעָ֖ן לִֽי

יְקַדְּמֻ֖נִי  they  confronted  me 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine plural, first person common singular
Root: קָדַם  
Sense: to meet, come or be in front, confront, go before.
בְּי֣וֹם  in  the  day 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
אֵידִ֑י  of  my  calamity 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: אֵיד  
Sense: distress, burden, calamity.
וַיְהִ֧י  but  was 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
יְהוָ֛ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
מִשְׁעָ֖ן  support 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁעָן 
Sense: support, staff.
לִֽי  my 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular