Psalms 118:13 (LSB)

Passage

You pushed me down violently to make me fall, But Yahweh helped me.

Nearby Context

Psalms 118:11 They surrounded me, indeed, they surrounded me; In the name of Yahweh I will surely cut them off.

Psalms 118:12 They surrounded me like bees; They were extinguished as a fire of thorns; In the name of Yahweh I will surely cut them off.

Psalms 118:13 You pushed me down violently to make me fall, But Yahweh helped me.

Psalms 118:14 Yah is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.

Psalms 118:15 The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "pushed", "down", "violently", "make", "fall", "yahweh", and "helped". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "pushed" and "down", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "They surrounded me like bees They were..." into verse 14's "Yah is my strength and song And...", so "pushed" and "down" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "pushed" and "down" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.