Psalms 118:20

This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter. This gate of the Lord - Supposed to be the answer of the Levites to the request of the king.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This gate of the Lord - This gate dedicated to the service of the Lord; that belongs to the house of the Lord. Into which the righteous shall...
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...
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

This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter. This (supply, is the) gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter - to...
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...
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

This gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter. This seems to be spoken by some other person or persons, distinct from David and the M...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter. Ver. 20. This gate of the Lord ] Some make the former verse the request of the people...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This is the gate of the Lord These may be considered as the words of the Levites, the porters, returning this answer to the foregoing demand. This...
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

These may be the words either, 1. Of the Levites, the porters returning this answer to the foregoing question: This is the gate of the Lord which 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

this gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter, the sacrificial acts on the part of the congregation, and the sacramental acts on the pa...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 26:2 ; Isaiah 35:8-10 ; Psalms 24:3 ; Psalms 24:4 ; Psalms 24:7 ; Psalms 24:9 ; Revelation 21:24-27 ; Revelation 22:14 ; Revelation 2...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The righteous — As David was a type of Christ and the temple of heaven, so this place hath a farther prospect than David, and relates to Christ's a...

²⁰ This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 118:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake'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

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 118:20