Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 22:19
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
19. They prevented me ] They encountered me, the same word as in 2Sa 22:6, meaning to meet with hostile intention. Prevent is used in a sense which illustrates the transition from the original meaning ‘to go before’ to the modern meaning ‘to hinder.’ See the Bible Word Book, p. 383. Cp. Milton’s Paradise Lost, vi. 129:
Half way he met
His daring foe, at this prevention more
Incens’d.
my stay ] The staff on which he leaned for support. Cp. Psa 23:4.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay. [See comments on Ps 18:18].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
19. Day of my misfortune While he was a fugitive and an outlaw, and also afterwards, when rebellion broke out in his own family.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
prevented = got before.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
prevented: 2Sa 15:10-13, 1Sa 19:11-17, 1Sa 23:26, 1Sa 23:27, Psa 18:18, Psa 18:19, Psa 118:10-13, Mat 27:39-44
the Lord: Psa 71:20, Psa 71:21, Isa 26:19, Isa 50:10
Reciprocal: 2Sa 21:17 – succoured
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
22:19 They {k} prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
(k) I was so beset, that all means seemed to fail.