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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 118:27

God [is] the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, [even] unto the horns of the altar.

Ver. 27. God is the Lord who hath showed us light] By giving us "the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ," 2 Corinthians 4:6, he "hath brought us out of darkness into his marvellous light," 1 Peter 2:9 .

Bind the sacrifice with cords] Make them fast there, till the priests shall have time to offer them. Spare for no cost in showing your thankfulness for Christ and his benefits. Some render it, Obligate solennitates in frondosis; Austin hath it, in confrequentationibus.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 118:27. _GOD_ IS _THE L__ord_] Rather אל יהוה _El Yehovah_, the strong God Jehovah. _WHICH HATH SHOWED US LIGHT_] ויאר לנו _vaiyaer lanu_, "And he will illuminate us." Perhaps at this ti...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    GOD IS THE LORD - Still the language of the priests in their official capacity. The meaning here seems to be “God is Yahweh;” or, Jehovah is the true God. It is an utterance of the priesthood in regar...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • 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, though the statement of the Targum that in Psalms 118:...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    GOD. Hebrew El. App-4. BIND. Hebrew. _'asar,_ to bind, or join. Here, in its idiomatic usage, to join, so as to make ready (Genesis 46:29. Exo 14:6. 1 Kings 18:44; 2 Kings 9:21), or begin ...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 694 THE EXALTATION OF CHRIST A GROUND OF CONFIDENCE Psalms 118:27._ God is the Lord which hath shewed us light. bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar. Thou art my...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    GOD IS THE LORD, &C.— _The Lord is God, for he hath shone upon us,_ Mudge; who observes, that the people say this, perceiving a divine illumination upon them in answer to their prayer; Psalms 118:25....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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:...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar. GOD IS THE LORD, WHICH HATH SHOWED US LIGHT - i:e., prosperity amidst the night of our...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    118:27 sacrifice (d-12) Strictly, 'feast.' see Malachi 2:3 ....

  • 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 processional hymn. It has been variously referred (_a_) to the...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אֵ֤ל ׀ יְהוָה֮ וַ יָּ֪אֶר לָ֥נוּ אִסְרוּ ־חַ֥

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    What is meant by binding the sacrifice, is not so generally understood; for no part of scripture explains it. And certain it is that Jesus, the one, and the only one glorious sacrifice, needed no bind...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    19-29 Those who saw Christ's day at so great a distance, saw cause to praise God for the prospect. The prophecy, ver...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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