22:19 They confronted 1 me in my day of calamity,
but the Lord helped me. 2
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.”