Psalms 118:10 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

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¹⁰ All nations ^H1471 compassed me about: ^H5437 but in the name ^H8034 of the LORD ^H3068 will I destroy ^H4135 them.

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Zechariah 14:1-3 STRONG

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Behold, the day ^H3117 of the LORD ^H3068 cometh, ^H935 and thy spoil ^H7998 shall be divided ^H2505 in the midst ^H7130 of thee. For I will gather ^H622 all nations ^H1471 against Jerusalem ^H3389 to battle; ^H4421 and the city ^H5892 shall be taken, ^H3920 and the houses ^H1004 rifled, ^H8155 and the women ^H802 ravished; ^H7901 ^H7693 and half ^H2677 of the city ^H5892 shall go forth ^H3318 into captivity, ^H1473 and the residue ^H3499 of the people ^H5971 shall not be cut off ^H3772 from the city. ^H5892 Then shall the LORD ^H3068 go forth, ^H3318 and fight ^H3898 against those nations, ^H1471 as when ^H3117 he fought ^H3898 in the day ^H3117 of battle. ^H7128

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Then came ^H935 all the tribes ^H7626 of Israel ^H3478 to David ^H1732 unto Hebron, ^H2275 and spake, ^H559 saying, ^H559 Behold, we are thy bone ^H6106 and thy flesh. ^H1320 Also in time past, ^H865 ^H8032 when Saul ^H7586 was king ^H4428 over us, thou wast he that leddest out ^H3318 and broughtest in ^H935 Israel: ^H3478 and the LORD ^H3068 said ^H559 to thee, Thou shalt feed ^H7462 my people ^H5971 Israel, ^H3478 and thou shalt be a captain ^H5057 over Israel. ^H3478 So all the elders ^H2205 of Israel ^H3478 came ^H935 to the king ^H4428 to Hebron; ^H2275 and king ^H4428 David ^H1732 made ^H3772 a league ^H1285 with them in Hebron ^H2275 before ^H6440 the LORD: ^H3068 and they anointed ^H4886 David ^H1732 king ^H4428 over Israel. ^H3478 David ^H1732 was thirty ^H7970 years ^H8141 old ^H1121 when he began to reign, ^H4427 and he reigned ^H4427 forty ^H705 years. ^H8141 In Hebron ^H2275 he reigned ^H4427 over Judah ^H3063 seven ^H7651 years ^H8141 and six ^H8337 months: ^H2320 and in Jerusalem ^H3389 he reigned ^H4427 thirty ^H7970 and three ^H7969 years ^H8141 over all Israel ^H3478 and Judah. ^H3063 And the king ^H4428 and his men ^H582 went ^H3212 to Jerusalem ^H3389 unto the Jebusites, ^H2983 the inhabitants ^H3427 of the land: ^H776 which spake ^H559 unto David, ^H1732 saying, ^H559 Except thou take away ^H5493 the blind ^H5787 and the lame, ^H6455 thou shalt not come in ^H935 hither: thinking, ^H559 David ^H1732 cannot come in ^H935 hither. Nevertheless David ^H1732 took ^H3920 the strong hold ^H4686 of Zion: ^H6726 the same is the city ^H5892 of David. ^H1732 And David ^H1732 said ^H559 on that day, ^H3117 Whosoever getteth up ^H5060 to the gutter, ^H6794 and smiteth ^H5221 the Jebusites, ^H2983 and the lame ^H6455 and the blind, ^H5787 that are hated ^H8130 of David's ^H1732 soul, ^H5315 he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, ^H559 The blind ^H5787 and the lame ^H6455 shall not come ^H935 into the house. ^H1004 So David ^H1732 dwelt ^H3427 in the fort, ^H4686 and called ^H7121 it the city ^H5892 of David. ^H1732 And David ^H1732 built ^H1129 round about ^H5439 from Millo ^H4407 and inward. ^H1004 And David ^H1732 went ^H3212 on, ^H1980 and grew great, ^H1419 and the LORD ^H3068 God ^H430 of hosts ^H6635 was with him. And Hiram ^H2438 king ^H4428 of Tyre ^H6865 sent ^H7971 messengers ^H4397 to David, ^H1732 and cedar ^H730 trees, ^H6086 and carpenters, ^H2796 and masons: ^H7023 ^H68 and they built ^H1129 David ^H1732 an house. ^H1004 And David ^H1732 perceived ^H3045 that the LORD ^H3068 had established ^H3559 him king ^H4428 over Israel, ^H3478 and that he had exalted ^H5375 his kingdom ^H4467 for his people ^H5971 Israel's ^H3478 sake. And David ^H1732 took ^H3947 him more concubines ^H6370 and wives ^H802 out of Jerusalem, ^H3389 after ^H310 he was come ^H935 from Hebron: ^H2275 and there were yet sons ^H1121 and daughters ^H1323 born ^H3205 to David. ^H1732 And these be the names ^H8034 of those that were born ^H3209 unto him in Jerusalem; ^H3389 Shammua, ^H8051 and Shobab, ^H7727 and Nathan, ^H5416 and Solomon, ^H8010 Ibhar ^H2984 also, and Elishua, ^H474 and Nepheg, ^H5298 and Japhia, ^H3309 And Elishama, ^H476 and Eliada, ^H450 and Eliphalet. ^H467 But when the Philistines ^H6430 heard ^H8085 that they had anointed ^H4886 David ^H1732 king ^H4428 over Israel, ^H3478 all the Philistines ^H6430 came up ^H5927 to seek ^H1245 David; ^H1732 and David ^H1732 heard ^H8085 of it, and went down ^H3381 to the hold. ^H4686 The Philistines ^H6430 also came ^H935 and spread ^H5203 themselves in the valley ^H6010 of Rephaim. ^H7497 And David ^H1732 enquired ^H7592 of the LORD, ^H3068 saying, ^H559 Shall I go up ^H5927 to the Philistines? ^H6430 wilt thou deliver ^H5414 them into mine hand? ^H3027 And the LORD ^H3068 said ^H559 unto David, ^H1732 Go up: ^H5927 for I will doubtless ^H5414 deliver ^H5414 the Philistines ^H6430 into thine hand. ^H3027 And David ^H1732 came ^H935 to Baalperazim, ^H1188 and David ^H1732 smote ^H5221 them there, and said, ^H559 The LORD ^H3068 hath broken forth ^H6555 upon mine enemies ^H341 before ^H6440 me, as the breach ^H6556 of waters. ^H4325 Therefore he called ^H7121 the name ^H8034 of that place ^H4725 Baalperazim. ^H1188 And there they left ^H5800 their images, ^H6091 and David ^H1732 and his men ^H582 burned ^H5375 them. And the Philistines ^H6430 came up ^H5927 yet again, ^H3254 and spread ^H5203 themselves in the valley ^H6010 of Rephaim. ^H7497 And when David ^H1732 enquired ^H7592 of the LORD, ^H3068 he said, ^H559 Thou shalt not go up; ^H5927 but fetch a compass ^H5437 behind ^H310 them, and come ^H935 upon them over against ^H4136 the mulberry trees. ^H1057 And let it be, when thou hearest ^H8085 the sound ^H6963 of a going ^H6807 in the tops ^H7218 of the mulberry trees, ^H1057 that then thou shalt bestir ^H2782 thyself: for then shall the LORD ^H3068 go out ^H3318 before ^H6440 thee, to smite ^H5221 the host ^H4264 of the Philistines. ^H6430 And David ^H1732 did so, ^H6213 as the LORD ^H3068 had commanded ^H6680 him; and smote ^H5221 the Philistines ^H6430 from Geba ^H1387 until thou come ^H935 to Gazer. ^H1507

2 Samuel 8:1-18 STRONG

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And after ^H310 this it came to pass, that David ^H1732 smote ^H5221 the Philistines, ^H6430 and subdued ^H3665 them: and David ^H1732 took ^H3947 Methegammah ^H4965 out of the hand ^H3027 of the Philistines. ^H6430 And he smote ^H5221 Moab, ^H4124 and measured ^H4058 them with a line, ^H2256 casting them down ^H7901 to the ground; ^H776 even with two ^H8147 lines ^H2256 measured ^H4058 he to put to death, ^H4191 and with one full ^H4393 line ^H2256 to keep alive. ^H2421 And so the Moabites ^H4124 became David's ^H1732 servants, ^H5650 and brought ^H5375 gifts. ^H4503 David ^H1732 smote ^H5221 also Hadadezer, ^H1909 the son ^H1121 of Rehob, ^H7340 king ^H4428 of Zobah, ^H6678 as he went ^H3212 to recover ^H7725 his border ^H3027 at the river ^H5104 Euphrates. ^H6578 And David ^H1732 took ^H3920 from him a thousand ^H505 chariots, and seven ^H7651 hundred ^H3967 horsemen, ^H6571 and twenty ^H6242 thousand ^H505 footmen: ^H376 ^H7273 and David ^H1732 houghed ^H6131 all the chariot ^H7393 horses, but reserved ^H3498 of them for an hundred ^H3967 chariots. ^H7393 And when the Syrians ^H758 of Damascus ^H1834 came ^H935 to succour ^H5826 Hadadezer ^H1909 king ^H4428 of Zobah, ^H6678 David ^H1732 slew ^H5221 of the Syrians ^H758 two ^H8147 and twenty ^H6242 thousand ^H505 men. ^H376 Then David ^H1732 put ^H7760 garrisons ^H5333 in Syria ^H758 of Damascus: ^H1834 and the Syrians ^H758 became servants ^H5650 to David, ^H1732 and brought ^H5375 gifts. ^H4503 And the LORD ^H3068 preserved ^H3467 David ^H1732 whithersoever he went. ^H1980 And David ^H1732 took ^H3947 the shields ^H7982 of gold ^H2091 that were on the servants ^H5650 of Hadadezer, ^H1909 and brought ^H935 them to Jerusalem. ^H3389 And from Betah, ^H984 and from Berothai, ^H1268 cities ^H5892 of Hadadezer, ^H1909 king ^H4428 David ^H1732 took ^H3947 exceeding ^H3966 much ^H7235 brass. ^H5178 When Toi ^H8583 king ^H4428 of Hamath ^H2574 heard ^H8085 that David ^H1732 had smitten ^H5221 all the host ^H2428 of Hadadezer, ^H1909 Then Toi ^H8583 sent ^H7971 Joram ^H3141 his son ^H1121 unto king ^H4428 David, ^H1732 to salute ^H7592 ^H7965 him, and to bless ^H1288 him, because he had fought ^H3898 against Hadadezer, ^H1909 and smitten ^H5221 him: for Hadadezer ^H1909 had wars ^H376 ^H4421 with Toi. ^H8583 And Joram brought with him ^H3027 vessels ^H3627 of silver, ^H3701 and vessels ^H3627 of gold, ^H2091 and vessels ^H3627 of brass: ^H5178 Which also king ^H4428 David ^H1732 did dedicate ^H6942 unto the LORD, ^H3068 with the silver ^H3701 and gold ^H2091 that he had dedicated ^H6942 of all nations ^H1471 which he subdued; ^H3533 Of Syria, ^H758 and of Moab, ^H4124 and of the children ^H1121 of Ammon, ^H5983 and of the Philistines, ^H6430 and of Amalek, ^H6002 and of the spoil ^H7998 of Hadadezer, ^H1909 son ^H1121 of Rehob, ^H7340 king ^H4428 of Zobah. ^H6678 And David ^H1732 gat ^H6213 him a name ^H8034 when he returned ^H7725 from smiting ^H5221 of the Syrians ^H758 in the valley ^H1516 of salt, ^H4417 being eighteen ^H8083 ^H6240 thousand ^H505 men. And he put ^H7760 garrisons ^H5333 in Edom; ^H123 throughout all Edom ^H123 put ^H7760 he garrisons, ^H5333 and all they of Edom ^H123 became David's ^H1732 servants. ^H5650 And the LORD ^H3068 preserved ^H3467 David ^H1732 whithersoever he went. ^H1980 And David ^H1732 reigned ^H4427 over all Israel; ^H3478 and David ^H1732 executed ^H6213 judgment ^H4941 and justice ^H6666 unto all his people. ^H5971 And Joab ^H3097 the son ^H1121 of Zeruiah ^H6870 was over the host; ^H6635 and Jehoshaphat ^H3092 the son ^H1121 of Ahilud ^H286 was recorder; ^H2142 And Zadok ^H6659 the son ^H1121 of Ahitub, ^H285 and Ahimelech ^H288 the son ^H1121 of Abiathar, ^H54 were the priests; ^H3548 and Seraiah ^H8304 was the scribe; ^H5608 And Benaiah ^H1141 the son ^H1121 of Jehoiada ^H3077 was over both the Cherethites ^H3774 and the Pelethites; ^H6432 and David's ^H1732 sons ^H1121 were chief rulers. ^H3548

2 Samuel 10:1-19 STRONG

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And it came to pass after this, ^H310 that the king ^H4428 of the children ^H1121 of Ammon ^H5983 died, ^H4191 and Hanun ^H2586 his son ^H1121 reigned ^H4427 in his stead. Then said ^H559 David, ^H1732 I will shew ^H6213 kindness ^H2617 unto Hanun ^H2586 the son ^H1121 of Nahash, ^H5176 as his father ^H1 shewed ^H6213 kindness ^H2617 unto me. And David ^H1732 sent ^H7971 to comfort ^H5162 him by the hand ^H3027 of his servants ^H5650 for his father. ^H1 And David's ^H1732 servants ^H5650 came ^H935 into the land ^H776 of the children ^H1121 of Ammon. ^H5983 And the princes ^H8269 of the children ^H1121 of Ammon ^H5983 said ^H559 unto Hanun ^H2586 their lord, ^H113 Thinkest ^H5869 thou that David ^H1732 doth honour ^H3513 thy father, ^H1 that he hath sent ^H7971 comforters ^H5162 unto thee? hath not David ^H1732 rather sent ^H7971 his servants ^H5650 unto thee, to ^H5668 search ^H2713 the city, ^H5892 and to spy it out, ^H7270 and to overthrow ^H2015 it? Wherefore Hanun ^H2586 took ^H3947 David's ^H1732 servants, ^H5650 and shaved off ^H1548 the one half ^H2677 of their beards, ^H2206 and cut off ^H3772 their garments ^H4063 in the middle, ^H2677 even to their buttocks, ^H8357 and sent them away. ^H7971 When they told ^H5046 it unto David, ^H1732 he sent ^H7971 to meet ^H7125 them, because the men ^H582 were greatly ^H3966 ashamed: ^H3637 and the king ^H4428 said, ^H559 Tarry ^H3427 at Jericho ^H3405 until your beards ^H2206 be grown, ^H6779 and then return. ^H7725 And when the children ^H1121 of Ammon ^H5983 saw ^H7200 that they stank ^H887 before David, ^H1732 the children ^H1121 of Ammon ^H5983 sent ^H7971 and hired ^H7936 the Syrians ^H758 of Bethrehob, ^H1050 and the Syrians ^H758 of Zoba, ^H6678 twenty ^H6242 thousand ^H505 footmen, ^H7273 and of king ^H4428 Maacah ^H4601 a thousand ^H505 men, ^H376 and of Ishtob ^H382 twelve ^H6240 ^H8147 thousand ^H505 men. ^H376 And when David ^H1732 heard ^H8085 of it, he sent ^H7971 Joab, ^H3097 and all the host ^H6635 of the mighty men. ^H1368 And the children ^H1121 of Ammon ^H5983 came out, ^H3318 and put the battle ^H4421 in array ^H6186 at the entering in ^H6607 of the gate: ^H8179 and the Syrians ^H758 of Zoba, ^H6678 and of Rehob, ^H7340 and Ishtob, ^H382 and Maacah, ^H4601 were by themselves ^H905 in the field. ^H7704 When Joab ^H3097 saw ^H7200 that the front ^H6440 of the battle ^H4421 was against him before ^H6440 and behind, ^H268 he chose ^H977 of all the choice ^H977 men of Israel, ^H3478 and put them in array ^H6186 against ^H7125 the Syrians: ^H758 And the rest ^H3499 of the people ^H5971 he delivered ^H5414 into the hand ^H3027 of Abishai ^H52 his brother, ^H251 that he might put them in array ^H6186 against ^H7125 the children ^H1121 of Ammon. ^H5983 And he said, ^H559 If the Syrians ^H758 be too strong ^H2388 for me, then thou shalt help ^H3444 me: but if the children ^H1121 of Ammon ^H5983 be too strong ^H2388 for thee, then I will come ^H1980 and help ^H3467 thee. Be of good courage, ^H2388 and let us play the men ^H2388 for our people, ^H5971 and for the cities ^H5892 of our God: ^H430 and the LORD ^H3068 do ^H6213 that which seemeth ^H5869 him good. ^H2896 And Joab ^H3097 drew nigh, ^H5066 and the people ^H5971 that were with him, unto the battle ^H4421 against the Syrians: ^H758 and they fled ^H5127 before ^H6440 him. And when the children ^H1121 of Ammon ^H5983 saw ^H7200 that the Syrians ^H758 were fled, ^H5127 then fled ^H5127 they also before ^H6440 Abishai, ^H52 and entered ^H935 into the city. ^H5892 So Joab ^H3097 returned ^H7725 from the children ^H1121 of Ammon, ^H5983 and came ^H935 to Jerusalem. ^H3389 And when the Syrians ^H758 saw ^H7200 that they were smitten ^H5062 before ^H6440 Israel, ^H3478 they gathered ^H622 themselves together. ^H3162 And Hadarezer ^H1928 sent, ^H7971 and brought out ^H3318 the Syrians ^H758 that were beyond ^H5676 the river: ^H5104 and they came ^H935 to Helam; ^H2431 and Shobach ^H7731 the captain ^H8269 of the host ^H6635 of Hadarezer ^H1928 went before ^H6440 them. And when it was told ^H5046 David, ^H1732 he gathered ^H622 all Israel ^H3478 together, ^H622 and passed over ^H5674 Jordan, ^H3383 and came ^H935 to Helam. ^H2431 And the Syrians ^H758 set themselves in array ^H6186 against ^H7125 David, ^H1732 and fought ^H3898 with him. And the Syrians ^H758 fled ^H5127 before ^H6440 Israel; ^H3478 and David ^H1732 slew ^H2026 the men of seven ^H7651 hundred ^H3967 chariots ^H7393 of the Syrians, ^H758 and forty ^H705 thousand ^H505 horsemen, ^H6571 and smote ^H5221 Shobach ^H7731 the captain ^H8269 of their host, ^H6635 who died ^H4191 there. And when all the kings ^H4428 that were servants ^H5650 to Hadarezer ^H1928 saw ^H7200 that they were smitten ^H5062 before ^H6440 Israel, ^H3478 they made peace ^H7999 with Israel, ^H3478 and served ^H5647 them. So the Syrians ^H758 feared ^H3372 to help ^H3467 the children ^H1121 of Ammon ^H5983 any more.

Revelation 19:19-21 STRONG

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And ^G2532 I saw ^G1492 the beast, ^G2342 and ^G2532 the kings ^G935 of the earth, ^G1093 and ^G2532 their ^G846 armies, ^G4753 gathered together ^G4863 to make ^G4160 war ^G4171 against ^G3326 him that sat ^G2521 on ^G1909 the horse, ^G2462 and ^G2532 against ^G3326 his ^G846 army. ^G4753 And ^G2532 the beast ^G2342 was taken, ^G4084 and ^G2532 with ^G3326 him ^G5127 the false prophet ^G5578 that wrought ^G4160 miracles ^G4592 before ^G1799 him, ^G846 with ^G1722 which ^G3739 he deceived ^G4105 them that had received ^G2983 the mark ^G5480 of the beast, ^G2342 and ^G2532 them that worshipped ^G4352 his ^G846 image. ^G1504 These both ^G1417 were cast ^G906 alive ^G2198 into ^G1519 a lake ^G3041 of fire ^G4442 burning ^G2545 with ^G1722 brimstone. ^G2303 And ^G2532 the remnant ^G3062 were slain ^G615 with ^G1722 the sword ^G4501 of him that sat ^G2521 upon ^G1909 the horse, ^G2462 which ^G3588 sword proceeded ^G1607 out of ^G1537 his ^G846 mouth: ^G4750 and ^G2532 all ^G3956 the fowls ^G3732 were filled ^G5526 with ^G1537 their ^G846 flesh. ^G4561

Revelation 20:8-9 STRONG

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And ^G2532 shall go out ^G1831 to deceive ^G4105 the nations ^G1484 which ^G3588 are in ^G1722 the four ^G5064 quarters ^G1137 of the earth, ^G1093 Gog ^G1136 and ^G2532 Magog, ^G3098 to gather ^G4863 them ^G846 together ^G4863 to ^G1519 battle: ^G4171 the number ^G706 of whom ^G3739 is as ^G5613 the sand ^G285 of the sea. ^G2281 And ^G2532 they went up ^G305 on ^G1909 the breadth ^G4114 of the earth, ^G1093 and ^G2532 compassed ^G2944 the camp ^G3925 of the saints ^G40 about, ^G2944 and ^G2532 the beloved ^G25 city: ^G4172 and ^G2532 fire ^G4442 came down ^G2597 from ^G575 God ^G2316 out of ^G1537 heaven, ^G3772 and ^G2532 devoured ^G2719 them. ^G846

Commentary on Psalms 118 Matthew Henry Commentary

John Gill Keil & Delitzsch Robert Jamieson: Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalm 118

It is probable that David penned this psalm when he had, after many a story, weathered his point at last, and gained a full possession of the kingdom to which he had been anointed. He then invites and stirs up his friends to join with him, not only in a cheerful acknowledgment of God's goodness and a cheerful dependence upon that goodness for the future, but in a believing expectation of the promised Messiah, of whose kingdom and his exaltation to it his were typical. To him, it is certain, the prophet here bears witness, in the latter part of the psalm. Christ himself applies it to himself (Mt. 21:42), and the former part of the psalm may fairly, and without forcing, be accommodated to him and his undertaking. Some think it was first calculated for the solemnity of the bringing of the ark to the city of David, and was afterwards sung at the feast of tabernacles. In it,

I. David calls upon all about him to give to God the glory of his goodness (v. 1-4).
II. He encourages himself and others to trust in God, from the experience he had had of God's power and pity in the great and kind things he had done for him (v. 5-18).
III. He gives thanks for his advancement to the throne, as it was a figure of the exaltation of Christ (v. 19-23).
IV. The people, the priests, and the psalmist himself, triumph in the prospect of the Redeemer's kingdom (v. 24-29).

In singing this psalm we must glorify God for his goodness, his goodness to us, and especially his goodness to us in Jesus Christ.

Psa 118:1-18

It appears here, as often as elsewhere, that David had his heart full of the goodness of God. He loved to think of it, loved to speak of it, and was very solicitous that God might have the praise of it and others the comfort of it. The more our hearts are impressed with a sense of God's goodness the more they will be enlarged in all manner of obedience. In these verses,

I. He celebrates God's mercy in general, and calls upon others to acknowledge it, from their own experience of it (v. 1): O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is not only good in himself, but good to you, and his mercy endures for ever, not only in the everlasting fountain, God himself, but in the never-failing streams of that mercy, which shall run parallel with the longest line of eternity, and in the chosen vessels of mercy, who will be everlasting monuments of it. Israel, and the house of Aaron, and all that fear God, were called upon to trust in God (Ps. 115:9-11); here they are called upon to confess that his mercy endures for ever, and so to encourage themselves to trust in him, v. 2-4. Priests and people, Jews and proselytes, must all own God's goodness, and all join in the same thankful song; if they can say no more, let them say this for him, that his mercy endures for ever, that they have had experience of it all their days, and confide in it for good things that shall last for ever. The praises and thanksgivings of all that truly fear the Lord shall be as pleasing to him as those of the house of Israel or the house of Aaron.
II. He preserves an account of God's gracious dealings with him in particular, which he communicates to others, that they might thence fetch both songs of praise and supports of faith, and both ways God would have the glory. David had, in his time, waded through a great deal of difficulty, which gave him great experience of God's goodness. Let us therefore observe here,
- 1. The great distress and danger that he had been in, which he reflects upon for the magnifying of God's goodness to him in his present advancement. There are many who, when they are lifted up, care not for hearing or speaking of their former depressions; but David takes all occasions to remember his own low estate. He was in distress (v. 5), greatly straitened and at a loss; there were many that hated him (v. 7), and this could not but be a great grief to one of an ingenuous spirit, that strove to gain the good affections of all. All nations compassed me about, v. 10. All the nations adjacent to Israel set themselves to give disturbance to David, when he had newly come to the throne, Philistines, Moabites, Syrians, Ammonites, etc. We read of his enemies round about; they were confederate against him, and thought to cut off all succours from him. This endeavour of his enemies to surround him is repeated (v. 11): They compassed me about, yea, they compassed me about, which intimates that they were virulent and violent, and, for a time, prevalent, in their attempts against him, and when put into disorder they rallied again and pushed on their design. They compassed me about like bees, so numerous were they, so noisy, so vexatious; they came flying upon him, came upon him in swarms, set upon him with their malignant stings; but it was to their own destruction, as the bee, they say, loses her life with her sting, Animamque in vulnere ponit-She lays down her life in the wound. Lord, how are those increased that trouble me! Two ways David was brought into trouble:-
  - (1.) By the injuries that men did him (v. 13): Thou (O enemy!) hast thrust sore at me, with many a desperate push, that I might fall into sin and into ruin. Thrusting thou hast thrust at me (so the word is), so that I was ready to fall. Satan is the great enemy that thrusts sorely at us by his temptations, to cast us down from our excellency, that we may fall from our God and from our comfort in him; and, if God had not upheld us by his grace, his thrusts would have been fatal to us.
  - (2.) By the afflictions which God laid upon him (v. 18): The Lord has chastened me sore. Men thrust at him for his destruction; God chastened him for his instruction. They thrust at him with the malice of enemies; God chastened him with the love and tenderness of a Father. Perhaps he refers to the same trouble which God, the author of it, designed for his profit, that by it he might partake of his holiness (Heb. 12:10, 11); howbeit, men, who were the instruments of it, meant not so, neither did their heart think so, but it was in their heart to cut off and destroy, Isa. 10:7. What men intend for the greatest mischief God intends for the greatest good, and it is easy to say whose counsel shall stand. God will sanctify the trouble to his people, as it is his chastening, and secure the good he designs; and he will guard them against the trouble, as it is the enemies' thrusting, and secure them from the evil they design, and then we need not fear.
  This account which David gives of his troubles is very applicable to our Lord Jesus. Many there were that hated him, hated him without a cause. They compassed him about; Jews and Romans surrounded him. They thrust sorely at him; the devil did so when he tempted him; his persecutors did so when they reviled him; nay, the Lord himself chastened him sorely, bruised him, and put him to grief, that by his stripes we might be healed.
- 2. The favour God vouchsafed to him in his distress.
  - (1.) God heart his prayer (v. 5): "He answered me with enlargements; he did more for me than I was able to ask; he enlarged my heart in prayer and yet gave more largely than I desired.' He answered me, and set me in a large place (so we read it), where I had room to bestir myself, room to enjoy myself, and room to thrive; and the large place was the more comfortable because he was brought to it out of distress, Ps. 4:1.
  - (2.) God baffled the designs of his enemies against him: They are quenched as the fire of thorns (v. 12), which burns furiously for a while, makes a great noise and a great blaze, but is presently out, and cannot do the mischief that it threatened. Such was the fury of David's enemies; such is the laughter of the fool, like the crackling of thorns under a pot (Eccl. 7:6), and such is the anger of the fool, which therefore is not to be feared, any more than his laughter is to be envied, but both to be pitied. They thrust sorely at him, but the Lord helped him (v. 13), helped him to keep his feet and maintain his ground. Our spiritual enemies would, long before this, have been our ruin if God had not been our helper.
  - (3.) God preserved his life when there was but a step between him and death (v. 18): "He has chastened me, but he has not given me over unto death, for he has not given me over to the will of my enemies.' To this St. Paul seems to refer in 2 Co. 6:9. As dying, and behold we live; as chastened, and not killed. We ought not therefore, when we are chastened sorely, immediately to despair of life, for God sometimes, in appearance, turns men to destruction, and yet says, Return; says unto them, Live.
  This also is applicable to Jesus Christ. God answered him, and set him in a large place. He quenched the fire of his enemies; rage, which did but consume themselves; for through death he destroyed him that had the power of death. He helped him through his undertaking; and thus far he did not give him over unto death that he did not leave him in the grave, nor suffer him to see corruption. Death had no dominion over him.
- 3. The improvement he made of this favour.
  - (1.) It encouraged him to trust in God; from his own experience he can say, It is better, more wise, more comfortable, and more safe, there is more reason for it, and it will speed better, to trust in the Lord, than to put confidence in man, yea, though it be in princes, v. 8, 9. He that devotes himself to God's guidance and government, with an entire dependence upon God's wisdom, power, and goodness, has a better security to make him easy than if all the kings and potentates of the earth should undertake to protect him.
  - (2.) It enabled him to triumph in that trust.
    - [1.] He triumphs in God, and in his relation to him and interest in him (v. 6): "The Lord is on my side. He is a righteous God, and therefore espouses my righteous cause and will plead it.' If we are on God's side, he is on ours; if we be for him and with him, he will be for us and with us (v. 7): "The Lord takes my part, and stands up for me, with those that help me. He is to me among my helpers, and so one of them that he is all in all both to them and me, and without him I could not help myself nor could any friend I have in the world help me.' Thus (v. 14), "The Lord is my strength and my song; that is, I make him so (without him I am weak and sad, but on him I stay myself as my strength, both for doing and suffering, and in him I solace myself as my song, by which I both express my joy and ease my grief), and, making him so, I find him so: he strengthens my heart with his graces and gladdens my heart with his comforts.' If God be our strength, he must be our song; if he work all our works in us, he must have all praise and glory from us. God is sometimes the strength of his people when he is not their song; they have spiritual supports when they want spiritual delights. But, if he be both to us, we have abundant reason to triumph in him; for, he be our strength and our song, he has become not only our Saviour, but our salvation; for his being our strength is our protection to the salvation, and his being our song is an earnest and foretaste of the salvation.
    - [2.] He triumphs over his enemies. Now shall his head be lifted up above them; for,
      - First, He is sure they cannot hurt him: "God is for me, and then I will not fear what man can do against me,' v. 6. He can set them all at defiance, and is not disturbed at any of their attempts. "They can do nothing to me but what God permits them to do; they can do no real damage, for they cannot separate between me and God; they cannot do any thing but what God can make to work for my good. The enemy is a man, a depending creature, whose power is limited, and subordinate to a higher power, and therefore I will not fear him.' Who art thou, that thou shouldst be afraid of a man that shall die? Isa. 51:12. The apostle quotes this, with application to all Christians, Heb. 13:6. They may boldly say, as boldly as David himself, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me; let him do his worst.
      - Secondly, He is sure that he shall be too hard for them at last: "I shall see my desire upon those that hate me (v. 7); I shall see them defeated in their designs against me; nay, In the name of the Lord I will destroy them (v. 10-12); I trust in the name of the Lord that I shall destroy them, and in his name I will go forth against them, depending on his strength, by warrant from him, and with an eye to his glory, not confiding in myself nor taking vengeance for myself.' Thus he went forth against Goliath, in the name of the God of Israel, 1 Sa. 17:45. David says this as a type of Christ, who triumphed over the powers of darkness, destroyed them, and made a show of them openly.
    - [3.] He triumphs in an assurance of the continuance of his comfort, his victory, and his life.
      - First, Of his comfort (v. 15): The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous, and in mine particularly, in my family. The dwellings of the righteous in this world are but tabernacles, mean and movable; here we have no city, no continuing city. But these tabernacles are more comfortable to them than the palaces of the wicked are to them; for in the house where religion rules,
        
        1. There is salvation; safety from evil, earnests of eternal salvation, which has come to this house, Lu. 19:9.
        
        2. Where there is salvation there is cause for rejoicing, for continual joy in God. Holy joy is called the joy of salvation, for in that there is abundant matter for joy.
        
        3. Where there is rejoicing there ought to be the voice of rejoicing, that is, praise and thanksgiving. Let God be served with joyfulness and gladness of heart, and let the voice of that rejoicing be heard daily in our families, to the glory of God and encouragement of others.
      - Secondly, Of his victory: The right hand of the Lord does valiantly (v. 15) and is exalted; for (as some read it) it has exalted me. The right hand of God's power is engaged for his people, and it acts vigorously for them and therefore victoriously. For what difficulty can stand before the divine valour? We are weak, and act but cowardly for ourselves; but God is mighty, and acts valiantly for us, with jealousy and resolution, Isa. 63:5, 6. There is spirit, as well as strength, in all God's operations for his people. And, when God's right hand does valiantly for our salvation, it ought to be exalted in our praises.
      - Thirdly, Of his life (v. 17): "I shall not die by the hands of my enemies that seek my life, but live and declare the works of the Lord; I shall live a monument of God's mercy and power; his works shall be declared in me, and I will make it the business of my life to praise and magnify God, looking upon that as the end of my preservation.' Note, It is not worth while to live for any other purpose than to declare the works of God, for his honour and the encouragement of others to serve him and trust in him. Such as these were the triumphs of the Son of David in the assurance he had of the success of his undertaking and that the good pleasure of the Lord should prosper in his hand.

Psa 118:19-29

We have here an illustrious prophecy of the humiliation and exaltation of our Lord Jesus, his sufferings, and the glory that should follow. Peter thus applies it directly to the chief priests and scribes, and none of them could charge him with misapplying it, Acts 4:11. Now observe here,

I. The preface with which this precious prophecy is introduced, v. 19-21.
- 1. The psalmist desires admission into the sanctuary of God, there to celebrate the glory of him that cometh in the name of the Lord: Open to me the gates of righteousness. So the temple-gates are called, because they were shut against the uncircumcised, and forbade the stranger to come nigh, as the sacrifices there offered are called sacrifices of righteousness. Those that would enter into communion with God in holy ordinances must become humble suitors to God for admission. And when the gates of righteousness are opened to us we must go into them, must enter into the holiest, as far as we have leave, and praise the Lord. Our business within God's gates is to praise God; therefore we should long till the gates of heaven be opened to us, that we may go into them to dwell in God's house above, where we shall be still praising him.
- 2. He sees admission granted him (v. 20): This is the gate of the Lord, the gate of his appointing, into which the righteous shall enter; as if he had said, "The gate you knocked at is opened, and you are welcome. Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.' Some by this gate understand Christ, by whom we are taken into fellowship with God and our praises are accepted; he is the way; there is no coming to the Father but by him (Jn. 14:6), he is the door of the sheep (Jn. 10:9); he is the gate of the temple, by whom, and by whom only, the righteous, and they only, shall enter, and come into God's righteousness, as the expression is, Ps. 69:27. The psalmist triumphs in the discovery that the gate of righteousness, which had been so long shut, and so long knocked at, was now at length opened.
- 3. He promises to give thanks to God for this favour (v. 21): I will praise thee. Those that saw Christ's day at so great a distance saw cause to praise God for the prospect; for in him they saw that God had heard them, had heard the prayers of the Old-Testament saints for the coming of the Messiah, and would be their salvation.
II. The prophecy itself, v. 22, 23. This may have some reference to David's preferment; he was the stone which Saul and his courtiers rejected, but was by the wonderful providence of God advanced to be the headstone of the building. But its principal reference is to Christ; and here we have,
- 1. His humiliation. He is the stone which the builders refused; he is the stone cut out of the mountain without hands, Dan. 2:34. He is a stone, not only for strength, and firmness, and duration, but for life, in the building of the spiritual temple; and yet a precious stone (1 Pt. 2:6), for the foundation of the gospel-church must be sapphires, Isa. 54:11. This stone was rejected by the builders, by the rulers and people of the Jews (Acts 4:8, 10, 11); they refused to own him as the stone, the Messiah promised; they would not build their faith upon him nor join themselves to him; they would make no use of him, but go on in their building without him; they denied him in the presence of Pilate (Acts 3:13) when they said, We have no king but Caesar. They trampled upon this stone, threw it among the rubbish out of the city; nay, they stumbled at it. This was a disgrace to Christ, but it proved the ruin of those that thus made light of him. Rejecters of Christ are rejected of God.
- 2. His exaltation. He has become the headstone of the corner; he is advanced to the highest degree both of honour and usefulness, to be above all, and all in all. He is the chief corner-stone in the foundation, in whom Jew and Gentile are united, that they may be built up one holy house. He is the chief top-stone in the corner, in whom the building is completed, and who must in all things have the pre-eminence, as the author and finisher of our faith. Thus highly has God exalted him, because he humbled himself; and we, in compliance with God's design, must make him the foundation of our hope, the centre of our unity, and the end of our living. To me to live is Christ.
- 3. The hand of God in all this: This is the Lord's doing; it is from the Lord; it is with the Lord; it is the product of his counsel; it is his contrivance. Both the humiliation and the exaltation of the Lord Jesus were his work, Acts 2:23; 4:27, 28. He sent him, sealed him; his hand went with him throughout his whole undertaking, and from first to last he did his Father's will; and this ought to be marvellous in our eyes. Christ's name is Wonderful; and the redemption he wrought out is the most amazing of all God's works of wonder; it is what the angels desire to look into, and will be admiring to eternity; much more ought we to admire it, who owe our all to it. Without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness.
III. The joy wherewith it is entertained and the acclamations which attend this prediction.
- 1. Let the day be solemnized to the honour of God with great joy (v. 24): This is the day the Lord has made. The whole time of the gospel-dispensation, that accepted time, that day of salvation, is what the Lord has made so; it is a continual feast, which ought to be kept with joy. Or it may very fitly be understood of the Christian sabbath, which we sanctify in remembrance of Christ's resurrection, when the rejected stone began to be exalted; and so,
  - (1.) Here is the doctrine of the Christian sabbath: It is the day which the Lord has made, has made remarkable, made holy, has distinguished from other days; he has made it for man: it is therefore called the Lord's day, for it bears his image and superscription.
  - (2.) The duty of the sabbath, the work of the day that is to be done in his day: We will rejoice and be glad in it, not only in the institution of the day, that there is such a day appointed, but in the occasion of it, Christ's becoming the head of the corner. This we ought to rejoice in both as his honour and our advantage. Sabbath days must be rejoicing days, and then they are to us as the days of heaven. See what a good Master we serve, who, having instituted a day for his service, appoints it to be spent in holy joy.
- 2. Let the exalted Redeemer be met, and attended, with joyful hosannas, v. 25, 26.
  - (1.) Let him have the acclamations of the people, as is usual at the inauguration of a prince. Let every one of his loyal subjects shout for joy, Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord! This is like Vivat rex-Long live the king, and expresses a hearty joy for his accession to the crown, an entire satisfaction in his government, and a zealous affection to the interests and honour of it. Hosanna signifies, Save now, I beseech thee.
    - [1.] "Lord, save me, I beseech thee; let this Saviour be my Saviour, and, in order to that, my ruler; let me be taken under his protection and owned as one of his willing subjects. His enemies are my enemies; Lord, I beseech thee, save me from them. Send me an interest in that prosperity which his kingdom brings with it to all those that entertain it. Let my soul prosper and be in health, in that peace and righteousness which his government brings, Ps. 72:3. Let me have victory over those lusts that war against my soul, and let divine grace go on in my heart conquering and to conquer.'
    - [2.] "Lord, preserve him, I beseech thee, even the Saviour himself, and send him prosperity in all his undertakings; give success to his gospel, and let it be mighty, through God, to the pulling down of strong-holds and reducing souls to their allegiance to him. Let his name be sanctified, his kingdom come, his will be done.' Thus let prayer be made for him continually, Ps. 72:15. On the Lord's day, when we rejoice and are glad in his kingdom, we must pray for the advancement of it more and more, and its establishment upon the ruins of the devil's kingdom. When Christ made his public entry into Jerusalem he was thus met by his well-wishers (Mt. 21:9): Hosanna to the Son of David; long live King Jesus; let him reign for ever.
  - (2.) Let the priests, the Lord's ministers, do their part in this great solemnity, v. 26.
    - [1.] Let them bless the prince with their praises: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Jesus Christ is he that cometh-ho erchomenos, he that was to come and is yet to come again, Rev. 1:8. He comes in the name of the Lord, with a commission from him, to act for him, to do his will and to seek his glory; and therefore we must say, Blessed be he that cometh; we must rejoice that he has come; we must speak well of him, admire him, and esteem him highly, as one we are eternally obliged to, call him blessed Jesus, blessed for ever, Ps. 45:2. We must bid him welcome into our hearts, saying, "Come in, thou blessed of the Lord; come in by thy grace and Spirit, and take possession of me for thy own.' We must bless his faithful ministers that come in his name, and receive them for his sake, Isa. 52:7; Jn. 13:20. We must pray for the enlargement and edification of his church, for the ripening of things for his second coming, and then that he who has said, Surely I come quickly, would even so come.
    - [2.] Let them bless the people with their prayers: We have blessed you out of the house of the Lord. Christ's ministers are not only warranted, but appointed to pronounce a blessing, in his name, upon all his loyal subjects that love him and his government in sincerity, Eph. 6:24. We assure you that in and through Jesus Christ you are blessed; for he came to bless you. "You are blessed out of the house of the Lord, that is, with spiritual blessings in heavenly places (Eph. 1:3), and therefore have reason to bless him who has thus blessed you.'
- 3. Let sacrifices of thanksgiving be offered to his honour who offered for us the great atoning sacrifice, v. 27. Here is,
  - (1.) The privilege we enjoy by Jesus Christ: God is the Lord who has shown us light. God is Jehovah, is known by that name, a God performing what he has promised and perfecting what he has begun, Ex. 6:3. He has shown us light, that is, he has given us the knowledge of himself and his will. He has shined upon us (so some); he has favoured us, and lifted up upon us the light of his countenance; he has given us occasion for joy and rejoicing, which is light to the soul, by giving us a prospect of everlasting light in heaven. The day which the Lord has made brings light with it, true light.
  - (2.) The duty which this privilege calls for: Bind the sacrifice with cords, that, being killed, the blood of it may be sprinkled upon the horns of the altar, according to the law; or perhaps it was the custom (though we read not of it elsewhere) to bind the sacrifice to the horns of the altar while things were getting ready for the slaying of it. Or this may have a peculiar significancy here; the sacrifice we are to offer to God, in gratitude for redeeming love, is ourselves, not to be slain upon the altar, but living sacrifices (Rom. 12:1), to be bound to the altar, spiritual sacrifices of prayer and praise, in which our hearts must be fixed and engaged, as the sacrifice was bound with cords to the horns of the altar, not to start back.
- 4. The psalmist concludes with his own thankful acknowledgments of divine grace, in which he calls upon others to join with him, v. 28, 29.
  - (1.) He will praise God himself, and endeavour to exalt him in his own heart and in the hearts of others, and this because of his covenant-relation to him and interest in him: "Thou art my God, on whom I depend, and to whom I am devoted, who ownest me and art owned by me; and therefore I will praise thee.'
  - (2.) He will have all about him to give thanks to God for these glad tidings of great joy to all people, that there is a Redeemer, even Christ the Lord. In him it is that God is good to man and that his mercy endures for ever; in him the covenant of grace is made, and in him it is made sure, made good, and made an everlasting covenant. He concludes this psalm as he began it (v. 1), for God's glory must be the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, of all our addresses to him. Hallowed by thy name, and thine is the glory. And this fitly closes a prophecy of Christ. The angels give thanks for man's redemption. Glory to God in the highest (Lu. 2:14), for there is on earth peace, to which we must echo with our hosannas, as they did, Lu. 19:38. Peace in heaven to us through Christ, and therefore glory in the highest.

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Psalms 118:10 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

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Psalm 118