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” — King John) is determined by the parallelism of Psalms 18:19. The versions read “freedom of Jah,” i.e., boundless freedom,”