God [is] the LORD, which hath shewed us (o) light: bind the sacrifice with cords, [even] unto the horns of the altar.
(o) Because he has restored us from darkness to light, we will offer sacrifices and praises to him.
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...
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...
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 ...
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:...
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 ...
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...
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....
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:...
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...
118:27 sacrifice (d-12) Strictly, 'feast.' see Malachi 2:3 ....
WHICH HATH SHEWED] RV 'and He hath given.' BIND, etc.] The Hebrew is obscure. 'Bind the sacrificial victim with cords even till you come to the horns of the altar,' or, less likely, 'Bind the processi...
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...
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...
SHEWED US LIGHT... — Whether this is literal or figurative is difficult to decide. If _literal,_ it may be a repetition of Psalms 118:24; or if there is a particular reference in this psalm to the Fea...
אֵ֤ל ׀ יְהוָה֮ וַ יָּ֪אֶר לָ֥נוּ אִסְרוּ ־חַ֥
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...
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...
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...
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...
27._Jehovah is God _Here the prophet establishes what he said formerly, that God, out of compassion to his Church, dissipated the darkness, and introduced the light of his grace, when David mounted th...
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...
GOD [IS] THE LORD, WHICH HATH SHOWED US LIGHT,.... These are the words of the people, acknowledging divine favours; particularly that the Lord had caused his face to shine upon them, as the priest wis...
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 k...
_God is the Lord_ God hath proved himself to be the _Lord Jehovah_, by the accomplishment of his promises: see the notes on Exodus 6:2. Or, as it is in the margin, _the Lord_, or _Jehovah, is God_, as...
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...
God is the Lord, Jehovah is God, the only true God, WHICH HATH SHOWED US LIGHT, with the spiritual enlightenment in His Word. BIND THE SACRIFICE WITH CORDS, EVEN UNTO THE HORNS OF THE ALTAR, the numbe...
19-29 Those who saw Christ's day at so great a distance, saw cause to praise God for the prospect. The prophecy, ver...
GOD IS THE LORD; God hath proved himself to be the Lord Jehovah by the accomplishment of his promises. SEE POOLE ON "EXODUS 6:3". Or, _the Lord or Jehovah is God_, as it was said upon another solemn o...
Psalms 118:27 God H410 LORD H3068 light H215 (H8686) Bind H631 (H8798) sacrifice H2282 cords H5688 horns...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_Save now, I beseech Thee, O Lord: O Lord, I beseech Thee, send now prosperity._ THE VOICE OF THE CHURCH I. The voice of the Church in relation to all. Here is the voice of prayer (verse 25). 1. It...
_God is the Lord, which hath showed us light._ THE LIGHT FROM GOD I propose to consider how the words of my text may be used in an improper manner, and how, as I think, we may use them aright. 1. If...
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
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...
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...
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...
1 Chronicles 29:21; 1 Kings 18:21; 1 Kings 18:39; 1 Kings 8:63;...
The Lord — Or, The mighty God, as this name of God signifies, and as he shewed himself to be by this, his wonderful work. Who — Who hath scattered our dark clouds, and put us into a state of peace, an...