George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 118:12
Justifications. He considers himself as placed at the feet of his divine Master. (Calmet) --- Though just, he wished to increase in virtue, Apocalypse xxii. (Worthington)
Justifications. He considers himself as placed at the feet of his divine Master. (Calmet) --- Though just, he wished to increase in virtue, Apocalypse xxii. (Worthington)
Verse Psalms 118:12. _THEY COMPASSED ME ABOUT LIKE BEES; THEY ARE QUENCHED_ _AS THE FIRE OF THORNS_] I shall refer to Dr. _Delaney's_ note on this passage. The reader has here in miniature two of the...
THEY COMPASSED ME ABOUT LIKE BEES - (a) As thick or numerous as bees; (b) armed as bees - or, their weapons might be compared to the stings of bees. THEY ARE QUENCHED AS THE FIRE OF THORNS - The Se...
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:...
THEY COMPASSED. Figure of speech _Anaphora_ (App-6), repeated from Psalms 118:11. ARE QUENCHED. Septuagint reads "blazed up". THE NAME. See note on Psalms 20:1....
ALL NATIONS COMPASSED ME ABOUT, &C.— It is very plain from these words, that the neighbouring nations had entered into a league against David, and that this psalm was written before he had destroyed t...
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:...
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...
ARE QUENCHED] but Bæthgen, with a slight change of Hebrew, renders, 'they flared forth like a fire of thorns,' and this makes admirable sense. OMIT FOR. 13-16. The thought changes to the scene of the...
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...
LIKE BEES. — The image of the “bees” may be derived from Deuteronomy 1:44 (comp. Isaiah 7:18), but the LXX. suggest that the poet employed an original and far more expressive image, for they read, “as...
סַבּ֤וּנִי כִ דְבֹורִ֗ים דֹּ֭עֲכוּ כְּ אֵ֣שׁ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
THEY COMPASSED ME ABOUT LIKE BEES,.... In great numbers w; as a swarm of bees, which, being irritated and provoked, will fly upon persons in a body, and with great fury; to which the Amorites and the...
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. Ver. 12. _They compassed me about like bees_] Like so many swarms of bees,...
_All nations compassed me about_ The neighbouring nations, the Philistines, Syrians, Ammonites, Moabites, who were stirred up by the overthrows which David had given to some of them, by their jealousy...
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...
They compassed me about like bees, or, "like wasps," who were particularly troublesome and vicious during harvest-time; THEY ARE QUENCHED AS THE FIRE OF THORNS, which flares up with great force, but i...
DESTROY: _ Heb._ cut down...
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...
LIKE BEES; in great numbers, and with great and potent fury, and to their own ruin, as bees do when they fly about a man, and leave their stings in him. THEY ARE QUENCHED: so this word is used JOB 6:1...
Psalms 118:12 surrounded H5437 (H8804) bees H1682 quenched H1846 (H8795) fire H784 thorns H6975 name H8034 LORD...
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...
_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...
_They compassed me about like bees._ LIKE BEES I know the bees can compass one about right well; but, as a rule, they compass about those who threaten to attack their home and to take away their lit...
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
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 118:10 This section recalls a particular battle. ALL NATIONS SURROUNDED ME (when they should have joined me in worship; see Psalms 117:1).
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 14:10; 1 Chronicles 14:11; 1 Chronicles 14:14; 1 Samuel 17:45;...
Bees — ln great numbers. Thorns — Which burns fiercely, but quickly spends itself....