-
Verse Psalms 118:10. _ALL NATIONS COMPASSED ME ABOUT_] This is by
some supposed to relate to David, at the commencement of his reign,
when all the neighbouring Philistine nations endeavoured to preve...
-
ALL NATIONS COMPASSED ME ABOUT - They surrounded me; they hemmed me in
on every side, so that I seemed to have no chance to escape. It would
seem from this that the psalm was composed by someone who w...
-
PSALM 118-119
Psalms 118
Christ the Head of the Corner
_ 1. His mercy endureth forever (Psalms 118:1)_
2. The past experience (Psalms 118:8)
3. Jehovah My Salvation ...
-
CXVIII. A HYMN FOR FESTAL PROCESSION TO ZION. The old tradition that
different parts were appropriated to different voices is right in
substance, though the statement of the Targum that in Psalms 118:...
-
ALL. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Genus), App-6, for.
large number, or many.
BUT, &C. Figure of speech _Epistrophe_ (App-6), repeated in Psalms
118:11....
-
ALL NATIONS COMPASSED ME ABOUT, &C.— It is very plain from these
words, that the neighbouring nations had entered into a league against
David, and that this psalm was written before he had destroyed t...
-
PSALMS 118
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
The Passover Hosanna-Song.
ANALYSIS
(See bracketed Headlines let into the Psalm).
(P.R.I.) Praise ye Yah!
(PART I.INVITATIONS TO PRAISE.)
(First in Standing Refrain:...
-
I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me
in a large place.
-At the beginning () and at the close of this division (Psalms
118:13) the salvation already received is descr...
-
118:10 them. (i-14) Or 'mowed them down.'...
-
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
processional hymn. It has been variously referred (_a_) to the...
-
Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
HOSANNA! (SAVE US NOW!)
PSALMS 118
Jesus said, "Did you not read (this) in the Bible? The *builders
threw away a stone. It is now in an important place at the c...
-
כָּל ־גֹּויִ֥ם סְבָב֑וּנִי בְּ שֵׁ֥ם
יְ֝הוָ֗ה...
-
Psalms 118:1
THIS is unmistakably a psalm for use in the Temple worship, and
probably meant to be sung antiphonally, on some day of national
rejoicing (Psalms 118:24). A general concurrence of opinion...
-
TRUST IN GOD BRINGS STRENGTH
Psalms 118:1
It is generally agreed that this psalm dates back to the restoration
from Babylon. It was probably used as a processional hymn for the
first time at the grea...
-
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 it made its way to the Temple for thanksgiving and
w...
-
_Let. Literally, "do not cast me off." (Haydock) --- God rejects none
but the negligent. (St. Hilary; St. Ambrose, &c.) --- The just, or the
Church in general, here confess (Worthington) that persever...
-
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 to interrupt the reading. Let the Reader, when he...
-
10._All nations compassed me _In these verses he relates the wonderful
deliverance which he had received, that all might know that it was not
of human but divine origin. Once and again he declares, th...
-
Psalms 118 is also, though not formally so, rendering praise and
thanksgiving as promised, connected with, or rather founded on, the
known formula His mercy endureth for ever. The same that in Psalms...
-
ALL NATIONS COMPASSED ME ABOUT,.... Not all the nations of the world,
but all the neighbouring nations about Judea; as the Philistines,
Moabites, Ammonites, Amalekites, and Syrians; and these not all...
-
All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I
destroy them.
Ver. 10. _All nations compassed me about_] This is still the
condition of Christ's Church in this evil world, to be ha...
-
_All nations compassed me about_ The neighbouring nations, the
Philistines, Syrians, Ammonites, Moabites, who were stirred up by the
overthrows which David had given to some of them, by their jealousy...
-
DESTROY THEM:
_ Heb._ cut them off...
-
1-18 The account the psalmist here gives of his troubles is very
applicable to Christ: many hated him without a cause; nay, the Lord
himself chastened him sorely, bruised him, and put him to grief, t...
-
ALL NATIONS COMPASSED ME ABOUT; the neighbouring and heathen nations,
Philistines, Syrians, Ammonites, Moabites, &c., who were stirred up,
partly, by the overthrows which David had given some of them;...
-
Psalms 118:10 nations H1471 surrounded H5437 (H8804) name H8034 LORD
H3068 destroy H4135 (H8686)
All nations -...
-
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. Although we may not always
be healthy, nor always prosper...
-
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 LORD; for he is good: because
his mercy endureth for eve...
-
CONTENTS: Cheerful acknowledgement of God's goodness and dependence
upon that goodness for the future.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: Never failing streams of mercy flow from our God. The more
our hea...
-
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 which it is treated, and the spirit which pervades the...
-
_It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man._
CONFIDENCE IN. GOD
I. As justified by experience. “It is better,” says Matthew Henry,
“more wise, more comfortable, and more safe, t...
-
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 118:1. This joyful psalm calls on all of
God’s people to praise the Lord for his steadfast love (vv. Psalms
118:1). It then moves to wha
-
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 118:10 This section recalls a particular
battle. ALL NATIONS SURROUNDED ME (when they should have joined me in
worship; see Psalms 117:1).
-
INTRODUCTION
1. The last of the group (113–118.) constituting the Hallel.
2. Certainly a temple Psalm, most probably composed for a great
occasion. “Some incline to the Davidic authorship, when he wa...
-
EXPOSITION
AN antiphonal hymn, composed for a joyful occasion, when there was to
be a procession to the temple, a welcoming of the procession by those
inside, and the solemn offering of a sacrifice up...
-
As we get into Psalms 118:1-29, the last of the Hallel psalms.
O give thanks unto the LORD (Psalms 118:1);
Again, the exhortation, praise and thanks, "O give thanks unto the
Lord."
for he is good: b...
-
2 Samuel 10:1; 2 Samuel 5:1; 2 Samuel 8:1; Revelation 19:19;...
-
Nations — The neighbouring nations, Philistines, Syrians, Ammonites,
Moabites, who were stirred up, by the overthrows which David had given
some of them, by their jealousy at his growing greatness, an...