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Verse Psalms 118:8. _BETTER TO TRUST IN THE LORD_] Man is feeble,
ignorant, fickle, and capricious; it is better to trust in Jehovah
than in such....
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IT IS BETTER TO TRUST IN THE LORD THAN TO PUT CONFIDENCE IN MAN - This
is stated apparently as the result of his own experience. He had found
people weak and faithless; he had not so found God. Compar...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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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טֹ֗וב לַ חֲסֹ֥ות בַּ יהוָ֑ה מִ֝
בְּטֹ֗חַ
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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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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...
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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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_Utterly. Hebrew nimis, as ver. 4. (Haydock) --- It may be
advantageous to us to be left awhile, that we may know our own
weakness. (St. Gregory, Mor. xx. 21.) (Worthington) --- He does not
beg never...
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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...
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8_It is better to trust in Jehovah _He appears to state nothing but
what is common-place, it being unanimously admitted, that when God and
men come into comparison, he must be viewed as infinitely exa...
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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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[IT IS] BETTER TO TRUST IN THE LORD,.... This, with what follows in
Psalms 118:9, is the conclusion from the above premises and
experience; it is good to trust in the Lord; such enjoy peace, are in
sa...
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Psalms 118:8 [It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put
confidence in man.
Ver. 8. _It is better to trust in the Lord, &c._] Luther on this text
calleth it, _Artem artium, et mirificam, ac suam...
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_It is better to trust in the Lord_ It is much safer, and more to a
person's comfort; _than to put confidence in man_ As mine enemies do
in their own numbers, and in their powerful confederates. “Armi...
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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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It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man, man
at his best being but a weak and helpless creature....
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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...
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As mine adversaries do in their own numbers, and in their great
confederates....
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Psalms 118:8 better H2896 trust H2620 (H8800) LORD H3068 confidence
H982 (H8800) man H120
Trust - PtC H35
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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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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...
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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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_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...
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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 118:8 The experiences of God’s help show that
IT IS BETTER TO TAKE REFUGE IN THE LORD (see note on 31:1–2;...
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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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Jeremiah 17:5; Micah 7:5; Psalms 40:4; Psalms 62:8; Psalms 62:9...