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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 for anything that I have done, but all is due to him....
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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 ...
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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:...
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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.Isaiah 12:2. Put by
Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6,...
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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:...
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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...
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118:14 salvation. (k-12) See Exodus 15:2 ; Isaiah 12:2 . For 'Jah' see
Psalms 68:4 ; Psalms 89:8 ....
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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...
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Quoted from Exodus 15:2....
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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...
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THOU HAST. — Better, _Thou didst thrust and thrust at me._ This
sudden change of person and challenge of the foes themselves is very
dramatic....
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עָזִּ֣י וְ זִמְרָ֣ת יָ֑הּ וַֽ יְהִי
־לִ֝֗י
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 man, but only from God's favour, therefore he will pr...
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_Riches. I give thy law the preference, Psalm xviii. 9. (Calmet)_...
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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...
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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...
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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 him when sore thrust at, he gives him all the glory, an...
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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 of my joy. Trust in God shall once triumph....
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_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
apostrophe, which is strong, might be directed to some particul...
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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...
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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....
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Psalms 118:14 LORD H3050 strength H5797 song H2176 salvation H3444
is my strength - Psalms 18:2;...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Thou hast thrust sore at me, that I might fall: but the Lord helped
me._
CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE
Christian experience is the richest product of grace, and it ought to
be laid at the feet of the Well-be...
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_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 every
many
1. He should be his strength. All the strengt...
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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
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 118:14 The deliverance of vv. Psalms 118:10
leads to celebration in the camp of God’s people. Verse...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Exodus 15:2; Isaiah 12:2; Isaiah 45:17; Isaiah 45:22; Matthew 1:21;
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Salvation — My Saviour....