Blessed... — These words of welcome are probably spoken by the Levite in charge, to the procession approaching the gates. According to Rabbinical writings, pilgrim caravans were thus welcomed on their arrival at Jerusalem.
Verse Psalms 118:26. _WE HAVE BLESSED YOU_] The answer of the Levities to the king....
BLESSED BE HE THAT COMETH IN THE NAME OF THE LORD - See the notes at Matthew 21:9. This is the language of those who had charge of the sanctuary, addressing him who came in the name of the Lord to pre...
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:...
BLESSED, &C. See Matthew 21:9; Matthew 23:39; Mark 11:9; Luke 13:35; Luke
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:...
Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD. BLESSED BE HE THAT COMETH IN THE NAME OF THE LORD - the cry of the multitude when Christ rode as...
118:26 blessed (c-13) Or 'We bless.'...
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...
COMETH] better, 'entereth' (the courts of the Lord)....
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...
בָּר֣וּךְ הַ֭ בָּא בְּ שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה בֵּ֝רַֽכ
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...
Blessed [be] he that cometh in the name of the LORD: (n) we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD. (n) Who are the priests, and have the charge of it, as in (Numbers 6:23)....
_Ways. Or sins, (Theodoret) or miserable condition, ver. 25. (Calmet)_...
With such hymns of praise should faithful souls be always welcoming Christ. And as the multitude proclaimed Hosannahs at Christ's public entry into Jerusalem, so should every heart meet Jesus, in publ...
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...
BLESSED [BE] HE THAT COMETH IN THE NAME OF THE LORD,.... These words were used by the multitude that followed Christ, as he went into Jerusalem, in order to eat his last passover, and suffer and die f...
Blessed [be] he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD. Ver. 26. _Blessed be he that cometh_] Blessed be Christ. _Vivat Christus eiusque insignia,_ said...
_Blessed be he that cometh_ Namely, unto us, from whom he was long banished; or, unto the throne; or, he that cometh from his Father into the world, namely, the Messiah, known by the name of _him that...
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...
Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord, this cry of welcome as used by the chorus of Levites in the Temple-services and by the inhabitants of Jerusalem in greeting their brethren from a dis...
19-29 Those who saw Christ's day at so great a distance, saw cause to praise God for the prospect. The prophecy, ver...
BLESSED BE HE; we earnestly pray that God would bless his person and government, and all his enterprises. _That cometh_, to wit, unto us, from whom he was long banished; or unto the throne; or from hi...
Psalms 118:26 Blessed H1288 (H8803) comes H935 (H8802) name H8034 LORD H3068 blessed H1288 (H8765) house...
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...
_Save now, I beseech Thee, O Lord: O Lord, I beseech Thee, send now prosperity._ THE VOICE OF THE CHURCH I. The voice of the Church in relation to all. Here is the voice of prayer (verse 25). 1. It...
_Blessed be He that cometh in the name of the Lord._ CHRIST RECEIVED WITH GREAT JOY The words are an acclamation of the people, declaring and setting forth the welcome of Christ to all believing soul...
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 118:26 BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD! See Matthew 21:9;...
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...
John 12:13; Luke 19:38; Mark 11:10; Mark 11:9; Matthew 21:9;...
Blessed — We pray that God would bless his person and government. Cometh — To the throne; or from his Father into the world: who is known by the name of him that cometh or was to come, and of whom thi...