Psalms 118:19

Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD: Open to me the gates - Throw open the doors of the temple, that I may enter and perform my vows unto the Lord.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Open to me the gates of righteousness ... - The gates of the house devoted to a righteous God; the gates of a house where the principles of right...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Open to me the (i) gates of righteousness: I will go into them, [and] I will praise the LORD: (i) He wills the doors of the tabernacle to be opened,...
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, t...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

19 Open unto me the gates of righteousness (392) Under the influence of ardent zeal, David here sets himself to testify his gratitude, comm...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Open to me the gates, &c.— If, as we have supposed, this psalm was sung in parts in a public procession to the tabernacle, up mount Sion, the m...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD: Open to me the gates of righteousness - ( Isaiah 26:2...
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 procession...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Gates of righteousness ] i.e. the gates of the Temple whence God's righteousness streams forth, or it may mean the gates into which righteous men en...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The gates of righteousness. — This is explained by the next verse as the gate of the Temple, where the righteous, i.e., Israel alone, entered. Th...
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 re...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
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 i...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Open to me the gates of righteousness ,.... The doors of the sanctuary or tabernacle, so called, because none but righteous persons might enter in a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, [and] I will praise the LORD: Ver. 19. Open to me the gates of righteousness ] So the...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Open to me the gates of righteousness O ye porters, appointed by God for this work, open the gates of the Lord's tabernacle, where the rule of righ...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Triumphs in God; The Humiliation and Exaltation of the Messiah. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Open to me, O ye porters, appointed by God for this work. Or it is a figurative and poetical manner of expression, whereby he speaks to the gates t...
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...
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 LOR...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
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 whic...
The Biblical Illustrator

Open to me the gates, of righteousness. The realm of righteousness I. A felt obstruction to it. Open to me the gates of righteousness. ‘The gat...
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...
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 Jew...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Open to me the gates of righteousness, this name being applied to the gates of the Temple, since they afforded an entrance to the place where God imp...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 26:2 ; Isaiah 38:20 ; Isaiah 38:22 ; Psalms 100:4 ; Psalms 116:18 ; Psalms 116:19 ; Psalms 66:13-15 ; Psalms 9:13 ; Psalms 9:14 ; Ps...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Open — O ye porters, appointed by God for this work. The gates — Of the Lord's tabernacle: where the rule of righteousness was kept and taught, and...

¹⁹ Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:

Related Commentaries of Psalms 118:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 118:19