Exodus 15:2-6; Isaiah 12:2; Isaiah 45:17; Isaiah 45:22-25; Matthew 1:21-23; Psalms 18:2
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...
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 ma...
CXVIII. A Hymn for Festal Procession to Zion. The old tradition that different parts were appropriated to different voices is right in substance, t...
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 . Isaia...
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 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 procession...
Quoted from Exodus 15:2 .
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 re...
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...
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 i...
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...
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 hi...
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...
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 apostrop...
Goodness of God Celebrated; Grateful Acknowledgments. 1 O give thanks...
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...
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 LOR...
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. Alth...
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 whic...
Thou hast thrust sore at me, that I might fall: but the Lord helped me. Christian experience Christian experience is the richest product of gra...
The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. God and man I. How God should be realized by every man. What should He be to ever...
EXPOSITION AN antiphonal hymn, composed for a joyful occasion, when there was to be a procession to the temple, a welcoming of the procession...
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 Jew...
The Lord is my Strength, affording the believer might to overcome, and Song, the subject of hymns of praise at all times, and is become my Salvati...
Salvation — My Saviour.
14 The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.