Psalms 118:1
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew Jah. App-4. AND SET ME IN. LARGE PLACE. The current Hebrew text. with the deliverance of JAH, _bammerhab yah_ (two words). The Massoretic text reads it as one word, _bammerhabyah_. with deliverance. The Authorized Version and Revised Version transfer the _yah_ to the beginning of t... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD, &C. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. Quoted in Hebrews 13:6. MAN. a man. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
IT IS BETTER... THAN. Figure of speech _Connotes_ (App-6), repeated in Psalms 118:9. BETTER. good. By Figure of speech _Heterosis_ (App-6), the Positive is put for the Comparative, and is so rendered. TRUST. flee for refuge. Hebrew. _hasah._ App-69. PUT CONFIDENCE. Hebrew. _batah_. App-69. MAN.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY COMPASSED... THEY COMPASSED. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6), for emphasis.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY COMPASSED. Figure of speech _Anaphora_ (App-6), repeated from Psalms 118:11. ARE QUENCHED. Septuagint reads "blazed up". THE NAME. See note on Psalms 20:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU. Does this refer to the "man" of Psalms 118:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
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, for Him Who saves. my Saviour.... [ Continue Reading ]
TABERNACLES. tents, or dwellings. Hebrew. _'ohel_. App-40 (3). THE RIGHT HAND. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. DOETH VALIANTLY. Figure of speech _Coenotes_ (App-6), repeated in Psalms 118:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
WORKS. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "work" (singular)... [ Continue Reading ]
THE STONE: i.e. the Messiah. See Genesis 49:24. A stone of stumbling, Isaiah 8:14 (compare Romans 9:33; 1 Peter 2:8);. "tried stone", "precious", "sure", Isaiah 28:16. the rejected stone (compare Matthew 21:42.Mark 12:10; Mark 12:11.Luke 2 [ Continue Reading ]
THIS IS THE LORD'S DOING. Messiah's exaltation is thus like the humiliation (Psalms 109:27).... [ Continue Reading ]
SAVE NOW, &C. Hebrew "Hosanna". Save,. pray. Not. Particle of _time_, but of _entreaty_ (as in Ecclesiastes 12:1). Repeated four times for emphasis. Literally "I pray Thee, Jehovah; Save;. pray Thee;. pray Thee,. Jehovah".... [ Continue Reading ]
BLESSED, &C. See Matthew 21:9; Matthew 23:39; Mark 11:9; Luke 13:35; Luke 19:38; John 12:13. YOU. Plural.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 (1 Kings 20:14; 2 Chronicles 13:3). SACRIFICE. Hebrew. _hag =_. feast, or festal [sacrifice]. See note on Exodu... [ Continue Reading ]
PRAISE. give thanks. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]