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1 <\/span>Oh, give thanks to the Lord<\/span>, for He is good!<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\nFor His mercy endures forever.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

2\u00a0<\/sup>Let Israel now say,<\/span><\/em>
\n\u201cHis mercy endures forever.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

3 <\/sup>Let the house of Aaron now say,<\/span><\/em>
\n\u201cHis mercy endures forever.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

4 <\/sup>Let those who fear the Lord<\/span> now say,<\/span><\/em>
\n\u201cHis mercy endures forever.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

5\u00a0<\/sup>I called on the Lord<\/span> in distress;<\/span><\/em>
\nThe Lord<\/span> answered me and set me in a broad place.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

6 <\/sup>The Lord<\/span> is on my side;<\/span><\/em>
\nI will not fear.<\/span><\/em>
\nWhat can man do to me?<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

7 <\/sup>The Lord<\/span> is for me among those who help me;<\/span><\/em>
\nTherefore I shall see my desire on those who hate me.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

8 <\/sup>It is better to trust in the Lord<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\nThan to put confidence in man.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

9 <\/sup>It is better to trust in the Lord<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\nThan to put confidence in princes.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

10\u00a0<\/sup>All nations surrounded me,<\/span><\/em>
\nBut in the name of the Lord<\/span> I will destroy them.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

11 <\/sup>They surrounded me,<\/span><\/em>
\nYes, they surrounded me;<\/span><\/em>
\nBut in the name of the Lord<\/span> I will destroy them.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

12 <\/sup>They surrounded me like bees;<\/span><\/em>
\nThey were quenched like a fire of thorns;<\/span><\/em>
\nFor in the name of the Lord<\/span> I will destroy them.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

13 <\/sup>You pushed me violently, that I might fall,<\/span><\/em>
\nBut the Lord<\/span> helped me.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

14 <\/sup>The Lord<\/span> is my strength and song,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd He has become my salvation.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

15\u00a0<\/sup>The voice of rejoicing and salvation<\/span><\/em>
\nIs in the tents of the righteous;<\/span><\/em>
\nThe right hand of the Lord<\/span> does valiantly.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

16 <\/sup>The right hand of the Lord<\/span> is exalted;<\/span><\/em>
\nThe right hand of the Lord<\/span> does valiantly.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

17 <\/sup>I shall not die, but live,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd declare the works of the Lord<\/span>.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

18 <\/sup>The Lord<\/span> has chastened me severely,<\/span><\/em>
\nBut He has not given me over to death.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

19\u00a0<\/sup>Open to me the gates of righteousness;<\/span><\/em>
\nI will go through them,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd I will praise the Lord<\/span>.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

20 <\/sup>This is the gate of the Lord<\/span>,<\/span><\/em>
\nThrough which the righteous shall enter.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

21\u00a0<\/sup>I will praise You,<\/span><\/em>
\nFor You have answered me,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd have become my salvation.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

22\u00a0<\/sup>The stone which the builders rejected<\/span><\/em>
\nHas become the chief cornerstone.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

23 <\/sup>This was the Lord<\/span>\u2019s doing;<\/span><\/em>
\nIt is marvelous in our eyes.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

24 <\/sup>This is the day the Lord<\/span> has made;<\/span><\/em>
\nWe will rejoice and be glad in it.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

25\u00a0<\/sup>Save now, I pray, O Lord<\/span>;<\/span><\/em>
\nO Lord<\/span>, I pray, send now prosperity.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

26 <\/sup>Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord<\/span>!<\/span><\/em>
\nWe have blessed you from the house of the Lord<\/span>.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

27 <\/sup>God is the Lord<\/span>,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd He has given us light;<\/span><\/em>
\nBind the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

28 <\/sup>You are my God, and I will praise You;<\/span><\/em>
\nYou are my God, I will exalt You.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

29\u00a0<\/sup>Oh, give thanks to the Lord<\/span>, for He is good!<\/span><\/em>
\nFor His mercy endures forever.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

[This] is the last of the Psalms to be quoted in the New Testament and applied to our Lord Jesus the Messiah or Christ. It is also the last of the Hallel Psalms, of which there were six, and which are repeated by the Jews at their festivals.\u00a0 They are Psalms 113<\/span><\/a> to 118 inclusive. This Psalm also forms a part of the Haggadah, that is, the prayer for Passover night. It is more than likely that this is the hymn which was sung by our Lord Jesus and His disciples at the first Lord’s Supper: “And when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives” (Matthew 26:30<\/span><\/a>). …<\/span><\/h3>\n

It seems very probable that in the celebration recorded in Ezra 3 this Psalm was sung, for in that chapter we read that “when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the Lord, after the ordinance of David king of Israel. And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the Lord; because He is good, for His lovingkindness endureth for ever toward Israel” (Ezra 3:10-11). The clause, “they sang together by course” really refers to their singing responsively or antiphonally; and the 118th Psalm seems to be indicated by the words, “giving thanks unto the Lord; because He is good, for His lovingkindness endureth for ever” (compare verses 1-4, 25, 29). Again, the words “after the ordinance of David king of Israel,” remind us of 1 Chronicles 16:1, 34-35, and they may indicate that David wrote this Psalm and used it on the day when the ark of God was brought in and set in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it. \u2014 Pettingill, pages 167-168.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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This song will be sung by Israel on the happy morning of her renewed espousals. She will invite those who in Psalm 115:9-11<\/span><\/a> were called to trust Jehovah now to praise Him (vs.2-4); she will testify that Messiah is her one and efficient Savior (vs.5 and 14); she will acknowledge the wisdom and love which permitted her sufferings at the hands of man (vs.6-18); she will approve the moral lessons of that chastening (vs.19-21); she will proclaim that the once rejected Savior is now her God and Redeemer (vs.22-23); that her Sabbath has at last dawned (v.24); that there is no blessing apart from Him (v.25); that He is the one and only gate into righteousness (v.20); and that He is the promised Deliverer who comes with blessing out of the House of Jehovah. \u2014 Williams, page 388<\/span><\/h3>\n

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The culminating expression of God’s lovingkindness, as described in the previous psalms, is here affirmed by the psalmist (as by the writer of Hebrews in 13:6<\/span><\/a> quoting v.6 of this Psalm) as his central source of personal comfort in the midst of distress (v.5ff.), for whereas his distress is temporary\u2014lasting only for the present lifetime at most\u2014God’s lovingkindness is everlasting (vs.1-4), being grounded in the everlasting atonement effected by Abraham’s See, the divine priest-king Christ (see Hebrews 7:24-25<\/span><\/a>). \u2014 Wechsler, page 279.<\/span><\/h3>\n

__________<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The psalmist concludes the Hallel on the apropos note of God’s irrepressible triumph\u2014i.e., that despite the affliction experience by God’s people, whether allowed by God for the refinement of faith or specifically prompted by Him for discipline, we can take confidence in the knowledge that He has not given (more precisely here: “has not consigned,” signifying His already-made and irreversible determination) us over to death (v.18; i.e., the “second death” of eternal condemnation and separation from God) and that [His people] shall ultimately, inevitably enter the gates of righteousness (v.19)\u2014that is, the gates of Jerusalem on that future day when it “will be called the city of righteousness” (Isaiah 1:26), ruled over by Christ, the “King of righteousness”, who is at the same time “Our righteousness” and source of eternal life. That it is specifically the victory of God (and hence of the godly) in Christ<\/em> that is here in view is affirmed by the fact that this concluding section of the Hallel is among the most cited portions of the Old Testament with direct reference to Christ in the New Testament: Verses 22-23 are cited, wholly, or in part, with reference to Christ’s rejection and subsequent triumph in Matthew 21:42<\/span><\/a>; Mark 12:10-11; Luke 20:17; and 1 Peter 2:7<\/span><\/a>, and verse 26a is cited with reference to people’s hailing (albeit, in the case of His first advent, prematurely) of Christ as their triumphal King in Matthew 21:9<\/span><\/a>; 23:39<\/span><\/a>; Mark 11:9; Luke 13:35; 19:38; John 12:13<\/span><\/a>. \u2014 Wechsler, pages 279-280.<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1 Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. 2\u00a0Let Israel now say, \u201cHis mercy endures forever.\u201d 3 Let the house of Aaron now say, \u201cHis mercy endures forever.\u201d 4 Let those who … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-psalms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8305"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8309,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8305\/revisions\/8309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}