“ O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. ”
O give thanks unto the Lord ... - The psalm closes, as it began, with an exhortation to praise God. In the beginning of the psalm, it was a general exhortation; here it is an exhortation founded...
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...
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. O give thanks unto the Lord - This is the general doxology or chorus. All join in thanksgiving, and they end as they...
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth forever. The psalm ends as it begun. What we...
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...
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...
a New Way in a New Day Psalms 118:15-29 As we draw near the mellowing light of the sanctuary we see more deeply into the divine meaning of our experiences. In Psalms 118:13 , “ Thou [the ene...
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...
In the same firm belief with the Psalmist, that this God in Christ is our God in Christ, let us adopt his plan, and end the Psalm, as we began it, in the assurance of his everlasting unchanging love,...
O give thanks unto the Lord, for [he is] good ,.... And thus the psalm ends as it began; there having been given many instances of the divine goodness, in hearing and delivering the psalmist when in...
O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever. Ver. 29. O give thanks unto the Lord, &c. ] Repetit proaemium pro epilogo. See Psalms 118:1 .
Thou art my God, and I will praise thee , &c. In these verses the psalmist subjoins his own thankful acknowledgments of divine goodness, in which he calls upon others to join with him, and give...
David Triumphs in God; The Humiliation and Exaltation of the Messiah. 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will...
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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...
O give thanks unto the Lord The Messianic Psalms: Summary. That the Psalms contain a testimony to Christ our Lord Himself affirmed ( Luke 24:44 ) and the New Testament quotations from the Psal...
Psalms 118:1 . O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever. Here is a standing reason for thanksgiving. Although we may not always be healthy, nor always pros...
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...
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...
Ezra 3:11 ; Isaiah 63:7 ; Psalms 103:17 ; Psalms 118:1