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Psalms 118:10-13

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). They would have killed me, but the LORD helped me, and in the name of the LORD (that is, acting as his representative) I cut them off.

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See also Psalms 118:10-13 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • 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

    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....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • 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

    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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    118:10 them. (i-14) Or 'mowed them down.'...

  • 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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כָּל ־גֹּויִ֥ם סְבָב֑וּנִי בְּ שֵׁ֥ם יְ֝הוָ֗ה...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • 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 it made its way to the Temple for thanksgiving and w...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _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...

  • 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 to interrupt the reading. Let the Reader, when he...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

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

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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 Jewish Church upon the occasion of the great festivals, a...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    All nations compassed me about, or, "though all the heathen should surround me," BUT IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, trusting in the almighty power of Jehovah, WILL I DESTROY THEM, cut them down, exterminate...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    DESTROY THEM: _ Heb._ cut them off...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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;...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 118:10 nations H1471 surrounded H5437 (H8804) name H8034 LORD H3068 destroy H4135 (H8686) All nations -...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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 which it is treated, and the spirit which pervades the...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The 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. “Some incline to the Davidic authorship, when he wa...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Samuel 10:1; 2 Samuel 5:1; 2 Samuel 8:1; Revelation 19:19;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    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...

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