Psalms 118:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I called upon the LORD in distress:a the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place. ”

Psalms 118:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I called upon the Lord in distress - Margin, as in Hebrew, “out of distress.” In the very midst of trouble he called upon the Lord; his voice was heard, as it were, coming from the depth of his s...
Psalms 118:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

I called upon the LORD in (b) distress: the LORD answered me, [and set me] in a large place. (b) We are here taught that the more that troubles oppress us, the more ought we to be instant in prayer....
Psalms 118:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 118:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

THE LORD. Hebrew Jah. App-4. and set me in. large place. The current Hebrew text. with the deliverance of JAH, bammerhab yah (two words). The Massoretic text reads it as one word, bammerhabya...
Psalms 118:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5 I called upon God in my distress. We have here a particular application of the doctrine we formerly mentioned, to the person of David; with which also is conjoined the rejoicing of the who...
Psalms 118:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place. I called upon the Lord - I am a standing proof and living witness of God's mercy. Take encouragement from me.
Psalms 118:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The Lord answered me, and set me in a large place,— The Lord answered me with enlargement. Mudge.
Psalms 118:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 118:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 118:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I called. — Better, out of the straitness I cried to Jah; answered me, with freedom, Jah. The meaning of the last clause (literally, with room. Comp.: “Ay, marry, now my soul has elbow-room” —...
Psalms 118:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Psalms 118:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Psalms 118:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 118:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is impossible to overlook Jesus in this verse. Surely to none so applicable as to him are these expressions; and to none can we refer them with equal propriety. Who had so large a place, or such f...
Psalms 118:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I called upon the Lord in distress ,.... Or "out of that strait" q; when David was encompassed by Saul and his men, or when at the court of Achish, or when his own people talked of stoning him. As t...
Psalms 118:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, [and set me] in a large place. Ver. 5. I called upon the Lord in distress ] Heb. out of distress, q.d. I celebrate not God's mercy of co...
Psalms 118:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I called upon the Lord in distress As if he had said, You may see an example of the divine mercy in me, who was in grievous straits and dangers, but, imploring God's protection and help, he answer...
Psalms 118:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Goodness of God Celebrated; Grateful Acknowledgments. 1 O give thanks unto the L ORD ; for he is good: because his me...
Psalms 118:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Set me; which verb is tacitly included in the former, and is easily understood out of Psalms 31:8 , where the full phrase is expressed, and from the following word. See the like examples in the...
Psalms 118:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Psalms 118:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Psalms 118:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 118:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

The Lord. .. set me in a large place. God the Deliverer and Defender of His people I. The deliverer (verse 5). 1. The deliverance seems to have consisted in raising him from a circumscribed...
Psalms 118:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Psalms 118:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Psalms 118:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 30:6-8 ; Genesis 32:7 ; Genesis 32:9-11 ; Mark 14:31-36 ; Psalms 107:13 ; Psalms 107:19 ; Psalms 116:3 ; Psalms 116:4 ; Psalms 120:1 ; Psalms 130:1 ; Psalms 130:2 ; Psalms 18:19...

Psalms 118:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 118:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 118:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 118:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 118:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 118:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 118:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 118:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 118:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 118:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 118:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 118:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 118:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 118:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 118:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 118:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 118:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 118:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 118:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 118:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 118:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 118:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 118:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 118:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 118:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 118:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge