Psalms 118:5

I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place. I called upon the Lord - I am a standing proof and living witness of God's mercy. Take encouragement from me.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 118:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I called upon the Lord in distress - Margin, as in Hebrew, “out of distress.” In the very midst of trouble he called upon the Lord; his voice was...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

I called upon the LORD in (b) distress: the LORD answered me, [and set me] in a large place. (b) We are here taught that the more that troubles oppr...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

THE LORD. Hebrew Jah. App-4. and set me in. large place. The current Hebrew text. with the deliverance of JAH, bammerhab yah (two words). The...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5 I called upon God in my distress. We have here a particular application of the doctrine we formerly mentioned, to the person of David; wit...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The Lord answered me, and set me in a large place,— The Lord answered me with enlargement. Mudge.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
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

In distress ] lit. 'in a strait place.' The lord] RM 'Heb. Jah, ' a contraction of Jehovah.
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....
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

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...
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

It is impossible to overlook Jesus in this verse. Surely to none so applicable as to him are these expressions; and to none can we refer them with eq...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I called upon the Lord in distress ,.... Or "out of that strait" q; when David was encompassed by Saul and his men, or when at the court of Achish,...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, [and set me] in a large place. Ver. 5. I called upon the Lord in distress ] Heb. out of...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I called upon the Lord in distress As if he had said, You may see an example of the divine mercy in me, who was in grievous straits and dangers, bu...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Goodness of God Celebrated; Grateful Acknowledgments. 1 O give thanks...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Set me; which verb is tacitly included in the former, and is easily understood out of Psalms 31:8 , where the full phrase is expressed, and from...
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

The Lord. .. set me in a large place. God the Deliverer and Defender of His people I. The deliverer (verse 5). 1. The deliverance seems to h...
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

I called upon the Lord in distress, when he was in straits, in such difficulties that he could turn neither to the right nor to the left; the Lord a...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 30:6-8 ; Genesis 32:7 ; Genesis 32:9-11 ; Mark 14:31-36 ; Psalms 107:13 ; Psalms 107:19 ; Psalms 116:3 ; Psalms 116:4 ; Psalms 120:...

⁵ I called upon the LORD in distress:a the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 118:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

Psalms 118:5