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Verse Psalms 118:29. _O GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD_] This is the
general doxology or chorus. All join in thanksgiving, and they _end_
as they began: "His mercy endureth for ever." It began at the creat...
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O GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD ... - The psalm closes, as it began, with
an exhortation to praise God. In the beginning of the psalm, it was a
general exhortation; here it is an exhortation founded on th...
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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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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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O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth
for ever.
O GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD; FOR HE IS GOOD: FOR HIS MERCY ENDURETH
FOREVER. The psalm ends as it begun. What we have s...
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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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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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הֹוד֣וּ לַ יהוָ֣ה כִּי ־טֹ֑וב כִּ֖י לְ
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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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A NEW WAY IN A NEW DAY
Psalms 118:15
As we draw near the mellowing light of the sanctuary we see more
deeply into the divine meaning of our experiences. In Psalms 118:13,
“ _Thou_ [the enemy] didst t...
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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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PSALM CXVIII. (BEATI IMACULATI.)
Of the excellence of virtue, consisting in the love and observance of
the commandments of God.
_ Iniquity. Hebrew, "lying." Let me not imitate the wicked. (Haydock)...
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In the same firm belief with the Psalmist, that this God in Christ is
our God in Christ, let us adopt his plan, and end the Psalm, as we
began it, in the assurance of his everlasting unchanging love,...
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REFLECTIONS
SURELY this Psalm opens a most blessed view of Jesus; and it is hardly
possible to go over the perusal of it, if the soul be at all awakened
to the renewed enjoyment of her Lord, without b...
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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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O GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, FOR [HE IS] GOOD,.... And thus the psalm
ends as it began; there having been given many instances of the divine
goodness, in hearing and delivering the psalmist when in di...
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O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: for his mercy
[endureth] for ever.
Ver. 29. _O give thanks unto the Lord, &c._] _Repetit proaemium pro
epilogo._ See Psalms 118:1 ....
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_Thou art my God, and I will praise thee_, &c. In these verses the
psalmist subjoins his own thankful acknowledgments of divine goodness,
in which he calls upon others to join with him, and give thank...
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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...
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O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy endureth
forever, this same merciful favor being the sustaining power in the
believers of all the world to this day....
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19-29 Those who saw Christ's day at so great a distance, saw cause to
praise God for the prospect. The prophecy, ver...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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O GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD
The Messianic Psalms: Summary. That the Psalms contain a testimony to
Christ our Lord Himself affirmed (Luke 24:44) and the New Testament
quotations from the Psalter point...
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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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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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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 118:28 See note on vv. 1–4.
⇐ ⇔...
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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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Ezra 3:11; Isaiah 63:7; Psalms 103:17; Psalms 118:1...