Psalms 18:18

18:18 They confronted ¹  me in my day of calamity,

but the Lord helped me. ² 

[18:18]  ¹ tn The same verb is translated “trapped” in v. 5. In this poetic narrative context the prefixed verbal form is best understood as a preterite indicating past tense, not imperfect.

[18:18]  ² tn Heb “became my support.”