Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 118:7
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.
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.
Verse Psalms 118:7. _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 s...
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...
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 TAKETH MY PART, &C.— Or, _The Lord is to me among my helpers; therefore shall I look upon them that hate me._...
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...
Made up of Psalms 54:4, where see Notes....
יְהוָ֣ה לִ֭י בְּ עֹזְרָ֑י וַ֝ אֲנִ֗י אֶרְאֶ֥ה
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...
_Justice. That all thy ordinances are most equitable, (Worthington) and when I shall have faithfully put them in practice, Ecclesiasticus xv. 9. (Theodoret)_...
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...
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, 1 Samuel 22:2; see Psalms 54:4; and with those who ministered unto...
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...
_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 taketh my part with them that help me, as his assistance, Jehovah's help outweighing that of all other helpers; THEREFORE SHALL I SEE MY DESIRE UPON THEM THAT HATE ME, the enemies being bound...
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 118:7 LORD H3068 help H5826 (H8802) see H7200 (H8799) hate H8130 (H8802) taketh -...
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...
1 Chronicles 12:18; Psalms 112:8; Psalms 54:4; Psalms 54:7; Psalm