Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 118:25
Save now, I beseech thee, (m) O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.
(m) The people pray for the prosperity of David's kingdom, who was the figure of Christ.
Save now, I beseech thee, (m) O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.
(m) The people pray for the prosperity of David's kingdom, who was the figure of Christ.
Verse Psalms 118:25. _SAVE NOW, I BESEECH THEE_] These words were sung by the Jews on the feast of tabernacles, when carrying green branches in their hands; and from the הושיעה נא _hoshiah nna_, we h...
SAVE NOW, I BESEECH THEE, O LORD ... - The word save here seems to be used in the general sense of imploring the divine interposition and mercy. It is a part of the word which in the New Testament is...
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:...
SAVE NOW, &C. Hebrew "Hosanna". Save,. pray. Not. Particle of _time_, but of _entreaty_ (as in Ecclesiastes 12:1). Repeated four times for emphasis. Literally "I pray Thee, Jehovah; Save;. pray Thee;....
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:...
Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. SAVE NOW, I BESEECH THEE, O LORD: O LORD, I BESEECH THEE, SEND NOW PROSPERITY, [ howshiy`aah (H3467) naa' (H4994)] - ...
SAVE NOW] Heb. _hoshiea na anna_ hence, 'Hosanna,' which became a hturgical formula: cp. Matthew 21:9....
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...
SAVE NOW. — This is not the adverb of time. Render, _Save, we pray._ (See Matthew 21:9.)...
אָנָּ֣א יְ֭הוָה הֹושִׁ֘יעָ֥ה נָּ֑א אָֽנָּ֥א יְ֝הוָ֗ה...
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...
_Pavement. Hebrew, "dust," (Berthier) weighed down by concupiscence, (St. Augustine) and infected by the union with the body. (St. Ambrose) --- The just, in great distress, beg to be delivered, confor...
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...
25_I beseech thee, O Jehovah! save me _As the term נא _, na, _in Hebrew is frequently used as an adverb of time, not a few render it, in this place, _now: _Save, I beseech thee, now. It is also often...
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...
SAVE NOW, I BESEECH THEE, O LORD,.... Or, "we beseech thee"; for they are the words of the people, wishing all health and happiness to their king; and it is as if they had said, "vivat rex", that is,...
Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. Ver. 25. _Save now, I beseech thee_] Hosanna, as Matthew 21:9, a usual acclamation of the people to their new kings. _...
_This is the day which the Lord hath made_ Or, _sanctified_, as a season never to be forgotten. “Of the day on which Christ arose from the dead, it may, with more propriety than of any other day, be a...
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...
Save now, the hosanna of the multitudes on Palm Sunday, I BESEECH THEE, O LORD! O LORD, I BESEECH THEE, SEND NOW PROSPERITY, true spiritual happiness, Matthew 21:9....
19-29 Those who saw Christ's day at so great a distance, saw cause to praise God for the prospect. The prophecy, ver...
I BESEECH THEE; or, _we beseech thee_; for the Hebrew words may be rendered either way. These seem to be the words of the Levites, to whom he spake PSALMS 118:19; or of the people, using these joyful...
Psalms 118:25 Save H3467 (H8685) pray H577 LORD H3068 LORD H3068 pray H577 prosperity H6743 (H8685)...
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...
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 118:25 SAVE US, WE PRAY. See vv. Psalms 118:14, Psalms 118:2
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...
Psalms 20:9; Psalms 22:21; Psalms 69:1; Psalms 69:13; Psalms 90:17...
We — These seem to be the words of the Levites, to whom he spake Psalms 118:19....