Text -- 2 Samuel 22:19 (NET)

22:19 They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the Lord helped me.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 2Sa 22:19

¹ tn The same verb is translated “trapped” in v. 6. In this poetic narrative context the prefixed verbal form is best understood as a preterite indicating past tense, not imperfect. Cf. NAB, NCV, TEV, NLT “attacked.”

² tn Heb “became my support.”