Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible
Psalms 118:19-29
19-29 Those who saw Christ's day at so great a distance, saw cause to praise God for the prospect. The prophecy, ver
19-29 Those who saw Christ's day at so great a distance, saw cause to praise God for the prospect. The prophecy, ver
Verse Psalms 118:19. _OPEN TO ME THE GATES_] Throw open the doors of the temple, that I may enter and perform my vows unto the Lord....
OPEN TO ME THE GATES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ... - The gates of the house devoted to a righteous God; the gates of a house where the principles of righteousness are strengthened, and where the just emotions...
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:...
OPEN TO ME THE GATES, &C.— If, as we have supposed, this psalm was sung in parts in a public procession to the tabernacle, up mount Sion, the meaning here is, "Now that we are advanced in our processi...
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:...
Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD: OPEN TO ME THE GATES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS - (.) "The gates" are those of the temple, or of Jerusalem, the holy ci...
118:19 praise. (a-16) Or 'give thanks,' as vers. 21,28,29; and so Psalms 139:14 ....
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...
GATES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS] i.e. the gates of the Temple whence God's righteousness streams forth, or it may mean the gates into which righteous men enter: cp. Psalms 118:20....
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...
THE GATES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. — This is explained by the next verse as the gate of the Temple, where the righteous, _i.e.,_ Israel alone, entered. There does not seem the least reason for taking the wor...
פִּתְחוּ ־לִ֥י שַׁעֲרֵי ־צֶ֑דֶק אָֽבֹא ־בָ֝ם...
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...
A NEW WAY IN A NEW DAY Psalms 118:15 As we draw near the mellowing light of the sanctuary we see more deeply into the divine meaning of our experiences. In Psalms 118:13, “ _Thou_ [the enemy] didst t...
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...
Open to me the (i) gates of righteousness: I will go into them, [and] I will praise the LORD: (i) He wills the doors of the tabernacle to be opened, that he may declare his thankful mind....
_Earth. At Babylon, or in the world, which is a pilgrimage, (Calmet) and I am unacquainted with the roads. (Menochius) --- The latter sense is much better, 2 Corinthians v. 6., and Hebrews xi. 10. (Be...
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...
19_Open unto me the gates of righteousness _(392) Under the influence of ardent zeal, David here sets himself to testify his gratitude, commanding the temple to be opened to him, as if the oblations w...
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...
OPEN TO ME THE GATES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,.... The doors of the sanctuary or tabernacle, so called, because none but righteous persons might enter in at them, or who were clean in a ceremonial sense; and...
Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, [and] I will praise the LORD: Ver. 19. _Open to me the gates of righteousness_] So the gates of the sanctuary are called, because holiness...
_Open to me the gates of righteousness_ O ye porters, appointed by God for this work, open the gates of the Lord's tabernacle, where the rule of righteousness is kept and taught, and the sacrifices of...
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...
Open to me the gates of righteousness, this name being applied to the gates of the Temple, since they afforded an entrance to the place where God imparted His righteousness in His Word; I WILL GO INTO...
OPEN TO ME, O ye porters, appointed by God for this work. Or it is a figurative and poetical manner of expression, whereby he speaks to the gates themselves, as if they had sense and understanding. Or...
Psalms 118:19 Open H6605 (H8798) gates H8179 righteousness H6664 go H935 (H8799) praise H3034 (H8686) LORD...
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...
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...
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...
_Open to me the gates, of righteousness._ THE REALM OF RIGHTEOUSNESS I. A felt obstruction to it. Open to me the gates of righteousness. ‘The gates of righteousness are closed to us--closed not by G...
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 118:19 THE GATES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS are the gates of the temple, through which the worshipers ENTER....
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...
Isaiah 26:2; Isaiah 38:20; Isaiah 38:22; Psalms 100:4; Psalms 116:18
Open — O ye porters, appointed by God for this work. The gates — Of the Lord's tabernacle: where the rule of righteousness was kept and taught, and the sacrifices of righteousness were offered....