Bible Commentary

I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD. 17, 18. Israel is the speaker. In its renewed national life it recognises the gift of Jehovah which is to be employed in praising Him (Isa 43:21). Its sufferings have been for chastening; God cannot permit His people to perish (Jer 30:11 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 118:17”

The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. Psa 118:16 The right hand of the Lord is exalted; the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly. Mighty to save I. The triumphs of the Lord Jesus. He did not come as a man of war, for He … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 118:16”

The voice of rejoicing and salvation [is] in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. 15. tabernacles ] Tents, i.e. dwellings (Psa 91:10), unless the reference be to the tents of pilgrims to the feast pitched outside Jerusalem. The rendering ‘tabernacles’ might seem to connect the Psalm with the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 118:15”

The LORD [is] my strength and song, and is become my salvation. 14. The words, taken from the Song of Moses (Exo 15:2; cp. Isa 12:2) recall the memory of Israel’s greatest deliverance, and imply that He Who brought them out of Egypt is still their Deliverer. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 118:14”

Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me. 13. Thou didst thrust sore at me ] The community as an individual addresses its enemies as an individual. Israel and the foe are as it were two warriors matched in single combat. Cp. Mic 7:8. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 118:13”

They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. 12. like bees ] Cp. Deu 1:44. they were extinguished as a fire of thorns ] The sudden collapse of their rage is compared to a fire of thorns which … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 118:12”

They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about … – The sentiment and the language of the previous verse are here repeated, as if to give force to what he had said, or to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 118:11”

All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them. 10. All nations &c.] Comp. “all the nations that were about us,” Neh 6:16. Arabians, Ammonites, and Philistines of Ashdod, are specially mentioned in Neh 4:7 f. Cp. also Ezr 4:7-23, referring probably to an earlier period in the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 118:10”

[It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes. It is better … than to put confidence in princes – Even in the most mighty of the human race; in those who of all people may be supposed to have the most ability to aid us; in those whose favor … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 118:9”

[It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. 8, 9. It is good to take refuge in Jehovah, and not to put trust in man in princes] Cp. Psa 146:3; Psa 116:11; Psalms 62; and for the construction, see note on Psa 52:3. Artaxerxes had given Nehemiah letters to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 118:8”