The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 118:27-28
The song of the saved soul. Thus also may this psalm be regarded. It is falsehood when sung by the godless and unsaved; but if we are Christ's by willing consent, then this song is ours. I. GOD SHOWS US LIGHT . As at the Creation the Holy Spirit's first work was the giving of the light, so is it in the new creation of the soul. 1. Light as to its real condition—lost, helpless, guilty, condemned. 2. Revealing the Lord Jesus Christ as the Savior of the lost. 3. And as... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 118:27
Sacrifice as a sign of devotion. "Bind the sacrifice with cords, yea, even up to the horns of the altar." The various interpretations of this difficult passage arc given elsewhere in this work. There is a various rendering, "up to the altar," instead of "unto;" and a various reading, "with willows," instead of "with cords," which arc very suggestive. From Le 23:40 we learn that tree branches and willows were used as decorations for the Feast of Tabernacles, and therefore "willows" may... read more