Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 118:7
The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see [my desire] upon them that hate me.
7. Jehovah is on my side as my helper] Cp. Psa 54:4. The expression is an idiomatic one. It denotes not merely among my helpers, as one among many, but ‘in the character or capacity of my helpers,’ ‘as a host of helpers.’ “He sums up in Himself the qualities of a class, viz. the class of helpers” (Cheyne).
therefore shall I see &c.] Or, do I see, a general truth. Cp. Psa 54:7 b, and note; Psa 59:10; Psa 92:11.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The Lord taketh my part with them that help me – The psalmist had friends. There were those who stood by him. He relied, indeed, on their aid, but not on their aid without God. He felt that even their help was valuable to him only as God was with them. There was direct dependence on God in reference to himself; and there was the same sense of dependence in respect to all who were engaged in his defense. This might be rendered, however, simply for my help, and is so rendered by DeWette. The Septuagint and Latin Vulgate render it, The Lord is my helper.
Therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me – literally, I shall see upon those that hate me; that is, I shall look upon them according to my wish; I shall see them overthrown and subdued. See the notes at Psa 54:7. Compare Psa 92:11; Psa 112:8.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 7. The Lord taketh my part with them that help me] Literally, The Lord is to me among my helpers. Therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me. Literally, And I shall look among them that hate me. As God is on my side, I fear not to look the whole of them in the face. I shall see them defeated.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
The Lord taketh my part with them that help me; he is one of the number of my helpers, and enables them to defend me.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
The Lord taketh my part with them that help me,…. With the four hundred men that were with David, and stood by him in his troubles, 1Sa 22:2; see Ps 54:4; and with those who ministered unto Christ as man, Lu 8:3. Or, “the Lord [is] for me, with” or “among my helpers” t; he is the principal helper, he is one for all; he is in the room and stead of other helpers; having him, there is no need of any other: the Lord is the only helper of his people, vain is the help of man; he helps them out of all their troubles and difficulties, in the exercise of every grace, and in the discharge of every duty; he helps them to all their mercies temporal and spiritual, to grace here, and glory hereafter. The Targum is,
“the Word of the Lord is to help me;”
therefore shall I see [my desire] upon them that hate me; see “vengeance” on them, as the Targum; which was desired by David, by the Messiah, and by the saints; not for the sake of that itself, but for the glory of divine justice. David saw this, Ps 54:7; so will the Messiah, when all his enemies, that will not have him to reign over them, will be slain before him; and so will the people of God, when antichrist is destroyed.
t “pro me est cum iis qui auxiliantur mihi”, Vatablus; so Cocceius, Gejerus.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(7) Made up of Psa. 54:4-7, where see Notes.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
7. See my desire, etc. Hebrew, I shall look on those that hate me; an idiomatic form for I shall triumph over them, I shall behold their downfall. This every man hopes for, not in the spirit of revenge, but as a triumph of justice and truth. See Psa 54:7; Psa 59:10; Psa 112:8. How can the righteous triumph but by the downfall of the impenitent wicked?
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Psa 118:7. The Lord taketh my part, &c. Or, The Lord is to me among my helpers; therefore shall I look upon them that hate me.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Psa 118:7 The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see [my desire] upon them that hate me.
Ver. 7. The Lord taketh my part with them that help me ] Not only as one of my helpers, but instead of all, and more than all. How many reckon ye me at? said that general to his soldiers, who were afraid of their enemy’s numbers; Cui adhaereo praeest, He whom I take part with must needs prevail.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
taketh: Psa 54:4, Psa 55:18, 1Ch 12:18
therefore: Psa 54:7, Psa 59:10, Psa 92:11, Psa 112:8
Reciprocal: Est 9:15 – gathered themselves Psa 18:17 – them Psa 124:1 – The Lord Heb 13:6 – The Lord