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Psalms 118:25-27

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD. God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar. It is the king returning from victory and recovered from...

Psalms 118:26

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

Blessed [be] he that cometh in the name of the Lord,.... These words were used by the multitude that followed Christ, as he went into Jerusalem, in order to eat his last passover, and suffer and die for his people, and are applied to him; as also by his disciples, who expressed them thus, "Blessed be the King that cometh", c. Lu 19:38 the King...

Psalms 118:26-27

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

We have blessed you out of the house of the LORD. God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: Blessed be his name. We were in the dark before, but he has brought light to our spirit. The light of knowledge, the light of joy, the light of delight, he has brought to us.

Psalms 118:27

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

God [is] the Lord, which hath showed us light,.... These are the words of the people, acknowledging divine favours; particularly that the Lord had caused his face to shine upon them, as the priest wished for, Numbers 6:25. The Lord might be said to show them light, by sending the Messiah to them, who came a light into the world; by making a Gospel...

Psalms 118:27

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar. Do that, beloved. Give yourself up to Christ again. Bind yourselves again. “Tis done; the great transaction’s done. I am my Lord’s, and he is mine. High heaven that heard the solemn vow That vow renewed this day shall hear.” Present it to your God. “ Bind the sacrifice with cords,...

Psalms 118:28

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

Thou [art] my God, and I will praise thee,.... These are the words of David, asserting his interest in God as his covenant God; and which is the great blessing of the covenant, and the greatest happiness of men, and will always continue; and for which there is abundant reason for praise: it is an instance of distinguishing grace, all evidence or...

Psalms 118:29

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

O give thanks unto the Lord, for [he is] good,.... And thus the psalm ends as it began; there having been given many instances of the divine goodness, in hearing and delivering the psalmist when in distress; saving him from his enemies, when compassed about with them; sparing his life, when in great danger; and especially in making the stone...

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