Psalms 118:4 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Psalms 118:4

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2 ^aLet Israel now say,
“His mercy endures forever.”

3 Let the house of Aaron now say,
“His mercy endures forever.”

4 Let those who fear the Lord now say,
“His mercy endures forever.”

5 ^aI called on the Lord in distress;
The Lord answered me and ^bset me in a broad place.

6 ^aThe Lord is on my side;
I will not fear.
What can man do to me?

7 ^aThe Lord is for me among those who help me;
Therefore ^bI shall see my desire on those who hate me.

8 ^aIt is better to trust in the Lord
Than to put confidence in man.

9 ^aIt is better to trust in the Lord
Than to put confidence in princes.

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Psalms 118:1-4

After invoking others to unite in praise, the writer celebrates God's protecting and delivering care towards him, and then represents himself and the people of God as entering the sanctuary and uniting in solemn praise, with prayer for a continued blessing. Whether composed by David on his accession to power, or by some later writer in memory of the restoration from Babylon, its tone is joyful and trusting, and, in describing the fortune and destiny of the Jewish Church and its visible head, it is typically prophetical of the Christian Church and her greater and invisible Head. (Psa. 118:1-29)

The trine repetitions are emphatic (compare Psalms 118:10-12, Psalms 118:15-16; Psalms 115:12-13).

Let . . . say—Oh! that Israel may say.

now—as in Psalms 115:2; so in Psalms 118:3-4. After "now say" supply "give thanks."

that his mercy—or, "for His mercy."

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