They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
The song containing this line belongs to the time when Saul was pursuing David and hunting him to kill him. In the day of his calamity and distress his enemies pressed upon him and confronted him, overtaking him with danger. But the Lord was his support and stay, upholding and preserving him and keeping him from falling. The line is thus his expression of trust in God and his testimony of praise for God's watchful care, power, and deliverance throughout his life in delivering him from danger.
The song containing this line belongs to the time when Saul was pursuing David and hunting him to kill him. In the day of his calamity and distress his enemies pressed upon him and confronted him, overtaking him with danger. But the Lord was his support and stay, upholding and preserving him and keeping him from falling. The line is thus his expression of trust in God and his testimony of praise for God's watchful care, power, and deliverance throughout his life in delivering him from danger.