Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 118:6
A frail and impotent creature in himself, and much more when he is opposed to the Almighty God.
A frail and impotent creature in himself, and much more when he is opposed to the Almighty God.
THE LORD IS ON MY SIDE - Margin, as in Hebrew,” for me.” The Lord is with me. He is my helper. He defends my cause. I WILL NOT FEAR - I have nothing to be afraid of. God is more mighty than any or all...
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:...
THE LORD, &C. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. Quoted in Hebrews 13:6. MAN. a man. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14....
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...
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...
A reminiscence of Psalms 56:9....
יְהוָ֣ה לִ֭י לֹ֣א אִירָ֑א מַה ־יַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה לִ֣
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...
The LORD [is] on my side; I will not fear: what can (c) man do unto me? (c) Being exalted to this estate, he assured himself to have man ever to be his enemy. Yet he did not doubt that God would main...
_All. At the day of judgment, it will not suffice to have observed only some of the commandments. See St. Jerome, St. Ambrose, &c., who all seem to follow Origen. (Calmet) --- The breach of any law br...
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...
6_Jehovah is with me among those who help me _Confiding solely in God’s help, he sets at defiance not a few enemies merely, but the whole world. “Defended by God’s hand, I may boldly and safely set at...
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...
THE LORD [IS] ON MY SIDE,.... Or "for me" s; he was on the side of David, hence all his prosperity and victories, the wonderful things done by him, his exaltation to the throne, and the establishment...
The LORD [is] on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? Ver. 6. _I will not fear, &c._] See Psalms 56:4; Psalms 56:11 ....
_I called upon the Lord in distress_ As if he had said, You may see an example of the divine mercy in me, who was in grievous straits and dangers, but, imploring God's protection and help, he _answere...
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...
The Lord is on my side, Romans 8:31; I WILL NOT FEAR; WHAT CAN MAN, mere men, puny creatures, DO UNTO ME?...
ON MY SIDE: _ Heb._ for me...
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...
Psalms 118:6 LORD H3068 fear H3372 (H8799) can H6213 man H120 do H6213 (H8799) The Lord -...
Psalms 118:6 This inquiry may be regarded: I. As a check on human presumption. II. As a warning against impious distrust. III. As a rebuke of moral timidity. IV. As an argument against all false...
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...
_The Lord. .. set me in a large place._ GOD THE DELIVERER AND DEFENDER OF HIS PEOPLE I. The deliverer (verse 5). 1. The deliverance seems to have consisted in raising him from a circumscribed to an...
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
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...
Hebrews 13:6; Isaiah 51:12; Jeremiah 20:11; Micah 7:8; Psalms 146:5;