“ The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. ”
The Lord is my strength and song - He is the source of strength to me; and he is the subject of my praise. There is no ground of praise in myself for anything that I have done, but all is due to...
The LORD [is] my strength and (f) song, and is become my salvation. (f) In that he was delivered, it came not from himself, not from the power of man, but only from God's favour, therefore he will p...
CXVIII. A Hymn for Festal Procession to Zion. The old tradition that different parts were appropriated to different voices is right in substance, though the statement of the Targum that in Psalms...
song. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for the theme of the song. salvation. Compare Psalms 118:21 . Exodus 15:2 . Isaiah 12:2 . Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Ca...
The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place. -At the beginning ( Psalms 118:5 ) and at the close of this division ( Psalms 118:13-14 ) the salvation a...
This Ps. was evidently written for the Temple worship on the occasion of some great festival ( Psalms 118:24 ), when it might be used as a processional hymn. It has been variously referred ( a ) to t...
Thou hast. — Better, Thou didst thrust and thrust at me. This sudden change of person and challenge of the foes themselves is very dramatic.
Psalms 118:1-29 THIS is unmistakably a psalm for use in the Temple worship, and probably meant to be sung antiphonally, on some day of national rejoicing ( Psalms 118:24 ). A general concurrence o...
Trust in God Brings Strength Psalms 118:1-14 It is generally agreed that this psalm dates back to the restoration from Babylon. It was probably used as a processional hymn for the first time at...
This is the sixth and last of the Hallel. It is the song of perfect victory, and was undoubtedly arranged to be sung by the triumphal procession as it made its way to the Temple for thanksgiving and...
I make no pause in these verses, because I think they contain a beautiful subject, in reference to the Lord Jesus in his ministry; and it were a pity to interrupt the reading. Let the Reader, when he...
The Lord [is] my strength and song ,.... It being in the name of the Lord the enemies of the psalmist were destroyed; and having obtained help of him when sore thrust at, he gives him all the glory,...
The LORD [is] my strength and song, and is become my salvation. Ver. 14. The Lord is my strength and song ] i.e. The matter of my song, and mean of my joy. Trust in God shall once triumph.
Thou hast thrust sore at me , &c. O mine enemy. The singular number may possibly be here put collectively for all his enemies; or, this apostrophe, which is strong, might be directed to some par...
Goodness of God Celebrated; Grateful Acknowledgments. 1 O give thanks unto the L ORD ; for he is good: because his me...
My strength and song; the author of my strength, and therefore the just object of my song and praise. My salvation, i.e. my Saviour.
INTRODUCTION 1. The last of the group (113–118.) constituting the Hallel. 2. Certainly a temple Psalm, most probably composed for a great occasion. “Some incline to the Davidic authorship, when he...
May the Good Spirit, who taught the psalmist to indite these words help us to feel their inward meaning! Psalms 118:1 . O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for...
This psalm is destitute of title, and the occasion on which it was composed is not known. The style however, the subject, the masterly manner in which it is treated, and the spirit which pervades the...
Thou hast thrust sore at me, that I might fall: but the Lord helped me. Christian experience Christian experience is the richest product of grace, and it ought to be laid at the feet of the Wel...
EXPOSITION AN antiphonal hymn, composed for a joyful occasion, when there was to be a procession to the temple, a welcoming of the procession by those inside, and the solemn offering of a sacr...
A Psalm for Festival Services. This hymn, written altogether in the style of David, bears a liturgical character and was, in fact, used in the Jewish Church upon the occasion of the great festival...
Exodus 15:2-6 ; Isaiah 12:2 ; Isaiah 45:17 ; Isaiah 45:22-25 ; Matthew 1:21-23 ; Psalms 18:2
Salvation — My Saviour.