King James Version

Psalms 118:13

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

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דַּחֹ֣הdachochaseדָּחָהverb, qal, infinitive absolute — “chase”, the verb used for emphasisH1760to push downchase, drive away (on), overthrow, outcast, [idiom] sore, thrust, totter.דְחִיתַ֣נִיdechitanichaseדָּחָהverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “chase”, a completed actionH1760to push downchase, drive away (on), overthrow, outcast, [idiom] sore, thrust, totter.לִנְפֹּ֑לlinpolto fallנָפַלpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to fall”, the to-form of the verbH5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for H6419 (פָּלַל…וַ֖יהוָ֣הvayhvahand Jehovahיְהֹוָהconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).עֲזָרָֽנִיazaranihelpעָזַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “help”, a completed actionH5826to surround, i.e. protect or aidhelp, succour.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall; but the LORD helped me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

Thou hast thrust hard at me that I might fall; but Jehovah helped me.

Douay-Rheims

With my lips I have pronounced all the judgments of thy mouth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall; but the LORD helped me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I was thrust, and sorely shaken, that I might fall: but the Lord helped me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὠσθεὶς ἀνετράπην τοῦ πεσεῖν, καὶ ὁ Κύριος ἀντελάβετό μου.