Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 118:13
(e) Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.
(e) He notes Saul his chief enemy.
(e) Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.
(e) He notes Saul his chief enemy.
Verse Psalms 118:13. _THOU HAST THRUST SORE AT ME_] In pushing thou hast pushed me that I might fall. _BUT THE LORD HELPED ME._] Though he possessed skill, courage, and strength, yet these could not...
THOU HAST THRUST SORE AT ME THAT I MIGHT FALL - literally, “Thrusting thou hast thrust at me.” This is the Hebrew mode of expressing intensity, repetition, or emphasis. The meaning is, that they had m...
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:...
THOU. Does this refer to the "man" of Psalms 118:6....
THOU HAST THRUST SORE AT ME.— This apostrophe is strong; and probably directed to some particular person in the battle, who had put David into great danger....
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...
דַּחֹ֣ה דְחִיתַ֣נִי לִ נְפֹּ֑ל וַ֖ יהוָ֣ה עֲז
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...
_Mouth. I have concealed them in my heart. Now I am not ashamed to publish them. (Calmet)_...
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...
13._Thou hast sorely thrust at me. _He either now changes the person, or directs his discourse to Saul, his principal enemy. In the person of one, he sets at defiance all his enemies together. In sayi...
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...
THOU HAST THRUST SORE AT ME, THAT I MIGHT FALL,.... Or "pushing, thou hast pushed me a, that I might fall": an apostrophe to some particular enemy, as Saul was to David; who thrust sore at him to take...
Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me. Ver. 13. _Thou hast thrust sore at me_] Thou, O Saul, or thou, Ishbibenob, 2 Samuel 21:16, or thou, O Satan, setting such a work...
_Thou hast thrust sore at me_, &c. O mine enemy. The singular number may possibly be here put collectively for all his enemies; or, this apostrophe, which is strong, might be directed to some particul...
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...
Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall, the impersonal subject being used in the Hebrew, people have attempted in every possible way to wound and overcome the believer; BUT THE LORD HELPED 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...
THOU, O mine enemy, and the head of all mine enemies. Possibly he understandeth Saul, whom for honour's sake he forbears to name; or some other chief commander of his enemies. Or the singular word is...
Psalms 118:13 pushed H1760 (H8804) violently H1760 (H8800) fall H5307 (H8800) LORD H3068 helped H5826 ...
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...
_Thou hast thrust sore at me, that I might fall: but the Lord helped me._ CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE Christian experience is the richest product of grace, and it ought to be laid at the feet of the Well-be...
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 Samuel 20:3; 1 Samuel 25:29; 2 Samuel 17:1; Hebrews 2:14; Micah 7:8;
Thou — O mine enemy. The singular word is here put collectively for all his enemies....