Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 118:20
This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.
20. This is the gate that belongs to Jehovah;
The righteous may enter into it.
The emphasis is on righteous. Those who would enter must be righteous like Him Who dwells there. Cp. Psa 15:1 ff.; Psa 24:3 ff.; Isa 26:2.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
This gate of the Lord – This gate dedicated to the service of the Lord; that belongs to the house of the Lord.
Into which the righteous shall enter – Through which the righteous pass. That is, It is for such persons, and all who come with a purpose to serve and worship God should be permitted to pass through them; I claim the privilege, therefore, of so passing through these gates into the house of God, for I come to praise him. All who are truly righteous, all who desire to worship God, all who wish and purpose to be holy, have a right thus to enter the house of God – to be recognized as his friends – to be permitted to join in all the devotions of his people; all such will have a right to enter the temple above. None have a right to exclude them here; none in heaven will be disposed to exclude them there.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 20. This gate of the Lord] Supposed to be the answer of the Levites to the request of the king.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
These may be the words either,
1. Of the Levites, the porters returning this answer to the foregoing question: This is the gate of the Lord which thou seekest, and which shall be opened to thee according to thy desire, and thy just privilege, for then art one of those righteous ones to whom this of right belongs. Or,
2. Of David himself, who stands as it were pausing and contemplating before he makes his entrance: This, this is that holy and blessed gate, which I so long and earnestly thirsted for in my banishment, and which is now very beautiful in my sight, into which I will enter, and all other righteous persons by my example and encouragement. But as David was a type of Christ and the temple of heaven, so this place hath a further prospect than David, and relates to Christs ascending into heaven, and opening the gates of that blessed temple, both for himself, and for all righteous men or believers.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
This gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter. This seems to be spoken by some other person or persons, distinct from David and the Messiah, pointing at some particular and principal gate, upon hearing the above word: by which is meant, not the gate of the house of the sanctuary of the Lord, as the Targum; but the Messiah himself, afterwards spoken of as the stone rejected by the builders, and made the head of the corner; who is the way of access to God; the door into the church or sheepfold; the strait gate that leads to eternal life; by which none but righteous persons enter into heaven; even such who are made righteous, through the imputation of his righteousness to them; see Joh 10:1.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
20-27. These verses contain the response (Delitzsch) of the singers within the court, who receive the festal procession.
The stone A proverbial expression, denoting that that which was despised and cast away as worthless has become the symbol of honour and strength. It may point to the dispirited ones, (Ezr 3:12,) or, more certainly, to the contempt with which the nations had regarded Israel, who had now risen to honour; but, most of all, to Christ. See Mat 21:42; Act 4:11 ; 1Pe 2:4; 1Pe 2:7; Isa 28:16. Psa 118:22; Psa 118:25-26, are Messianic prophecies, to which the Holy Spirit had exalted the perceptions of the poet through the typical light of Israel’s history.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Psa 118:20 This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.
Ver. 20. This gate of the Lord ] Some make the former verse the request of the people, and this to be God’s answer thereunto. Others make that to be David’s speech to the Levites, and this their answer: q.d. This beautiful gate is fit to be opened to the Lord alone; if others enter, they must be righteous ones only, and that to praise him.
Into which the righteous shall enter
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
This gate: Dr. Kennicott supposes that this verse was sung by the priest, the Psa 118:21, by the king, the Psa 118:22, by a chorus of people, the Psa 118:25, by the king, the Psa 118:26, by the priest, the Psa 118:28, by the king, and Psa 118:29, the grand chorus of the whole assembly. Psa 24:3, Psa 24:4, Psa 24:7, Psa 24:9, Isa 26:2, Isa 35:8-10, Rev 21:24-27, Rev 22:14, Rev 22:15
Reciprocal: Psa 9:14 – in the gates Psa 22:25 – I will Psa 116:19 – General Psa 150:1 – in his sanctuary
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Psa 118:20. This is the gate of the Lord These may be considered as the words of the Levites, the porters, returning this answer to the foregoing demand. This is the gate of the Lord, which thou seekest, and which shall be opened to thee, according to thy desire and thy just privilege; for thou art one of those righteous ones to whom this of right belongs.