“ It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes. ”
It is better ... than to put confidence in princes - Even in the most mighty of the human race; in those who of all people may be supposed to have the most ability to aid us; in those whose favor...
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...
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes. In princes - Men of high estate are generally proud, vainglorious, self-confident, and rash: it is better to trust in God than i...
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...
Trust. — The word constantly used of the security the Israelite found in his relation to Jehovah. The meaning here is apparently, “Fidelity to the covenant is better than alliance with foreign prin...
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...
[It is] better to trust in the Lord ,.... The Targum is, "in the Word of the Lord.'' This is repeated for the sake of what follows: than to put confidence in princes ; who have greater ability t...
Psalms 118:9 [It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes. Ver. 9. Than to put confidence in princes ] In ingenuis. Great men's words, saith one, are like dead men's s...
It is better to trust in the Lord It is much safer, and more to a person's comfort; than to put confidence in man As mine enemies do in their own numbers, and in their powerful confederates. “Arm...
Goodness of God Celebrated; Grateful Acknowledgments. 1 O give thanks unto the L ORD ; for he is good: because his me...
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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...
trust ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 2:12 ).
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...
It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. Confidence in. God I. As justified by experience. “It is better,” says Matthew Henry, “more wise, more comfortable, and more saf...
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...
Ezekiel 29:7 ; Isaiah 30:15-17 ; Isaiah 30:2 ; Isaiah 30:3 ; Isaiah 31:1 ; Isaiah 31:8 ; Isaiah 36:6 ; Isaiah 36:7 ; Psalms 146:3-5