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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 118 Kimchi says their Rabbins are divided about this psalm. Some understand it of David; others of the Messiah: but, with us Christians, there ought to be no doubt of its belonging to the Messiah; since our Lord has quoted a passage out of it, and applied it to himself, Psalms 118:22; see Matthew 21:42; and so has the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
O give thanks unto the Lord,.... For all his mercies, temporal and spiritual; as all should, who are partakers of them: this should be done always, and for all things, in the name of Christ; it is but reasonable service; for [he is] good; in himself, and to others: is essentially and diffusively good; the fountain of all goodness, and the author...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever. Now, do that, dear friends. Before we read another verse let us do that. In your hearts think of the goodness and mercy of God to you-to each one as an individual, and give him thanks now: no murmuring, no coldness of heart. Cast out everything, and give God thanks...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 prosperous yet God is always good, and, therefore, there is always a sufficient argument for giving thanks unto Jehovah. That he is a good God essentially, that he cannot be...
Spurgeon - Treasury of David - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ver. 1. O give thanks unto the LORD. The grateful hero feels that he cannot himself alone sufficiently express his thankfulness, and therefore he calls in the aid of others. Grateful hearts are greedy of men's tongues, and would monopolize them all for God's glory. The whole nation was concerned in David's triumphant accession, and therefore it...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Let Israel now say, that his mercy [endureth] for ever. Let such who have had an experience of it acknowledge and declare it to others; not only believe in it with their hearts, and privately give thanks for it, but with the mouth make confession of it to the glory of divine grace; not only literal Israel, whom the Lord brought out of Egypt, led...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. And if there be an elect out of the elect, who live still nearer to God and are doubly consecrated to his service-
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. These were specially set apart for God’s service, and, therefore, where much is given, much is expected. The house of Aaron, therefore, must have a special note of thanksgiving, and though we who preach the gospel claim no sort...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy [endureth] for ever. The priests and Levites that blessed the people, and taught them the knowledge of divine things; but not these literally, at least not only these, since the priesthood of Aaron is changed, and the law of it abrogated, and all believers are now priests unto God, and offer up...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. But let not the praise be confined to these joyous ones. Let the whole church take it up.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Let them now that fear the Lord say, that his mercy [endureth] for ever. Not the proselytes to the Jewish religion only, but all that feared the Lord among all people, as Aben Ezra observes; such as fear the Lord and his goodness, and have had an experience of his grace and mercy, which has caused them to fear him; and to whom the mercy of God is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth for ever. You have tried it: you have proved it. The mercy of God has followed you in all your devious paths. It will follow you even to the end. “His mercy endureth for ever.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth for ever. Let them all say it: let them all say it now: let every one of us say it for himself, “His mercy endureth for every.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I called upon the Lord in distress,.... Or "out of that strait" (q); when David was encompassed by Saul and his men, or when at the court of Achish, or when his own people talked of stoning him. As this may respect the Messiah, it may design his distresses in the garden, when surrounded with sorrow, and being in an agony prayed the more earnestly,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I called upon the LORD in distress: “I” nothing like coming to particulars and personalities. “ I.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD answered me, and set me in a large place. The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? “What is man? He is but as the dust before God, and, when God is with us and takes care of us, what can man, that is as a moth, do to God’s preserved ones?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place. I think many of us could make just such a record as that and not once but many times in our lives, we could say, “I called upon the Lord in distress.” We have had many trials, but we have a mercy-seat always to fly to, and a God always ready to hear the cries of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The Lord [is] on my side,.... Or "for me" (s); he was on the side of David, hence all his prosperity and victories, the wonderful things done by him, his exaltation to the throne, and the establishment of it; and so he was on the side of Christ, he was near unto him, at his right hand, to guide, direct, and assist him as man; and he is likewise on...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? The past always gives us assurance for the future, for we are dealing with the same unchangeable God, and, therefore, we may expect to have the same dealings from him.