Psalm 118:16-17

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 118:1-18

It appears here, as often as elsewhere, that David had his heart full of the goodness of God. He loved to think of it, loved to speak of it, and was very solicitous that God might have the praise of it and others the comfort of it. The more our hearts are impressed with a sense of God's goodness the more they will be enlarged in all manner of obedience. In these verses, I. He celebrates God's mercy in general, and calls upon others to acknowledge it, from their own experience of it (Ps.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 118:16

The right hand of the Lord is exalted ,.... Lifted up, very eminent and conspicuous, easily to be observed in the instances before given, and become great and glorious in power; see Exodus 15:6 . The power of God is superior to all enemies; and is beyond conception and expression; and is able to do for his people above all they are able to ask or think; the right hand of the Lord doth valiantly : or "acts powerfully". This is repeated for the confirmation of it, and to show how much... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 118:17

I shall not die, but live ,.... Not that he should never die, David knew he should; but that his present afflictions would not issue in death; or he should not die by the hands of his enemies, he sometimes feared he should; but now believed he should live, as he did, to a good old age: he knew he should live spiritually and eternally, and not die a second death; and so may all true believers and members of Christ say. Yea, these words may be considered as the words of Christ; who, though he... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 118:16

The right hand of the Lord is exalted - Jehovah lifted up his right hand, and with it performed prodigies of power. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 118:17

I shall not die - I was nigh unto death; but I am preserved, - preserved to publish the wondrous works of the Lord. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 118:17

Verse 17 17.I shall not die David speaks like one emerging from the sepulcher. The very same person who says, I shall not die, acknowledges that he was rescued from death, to which he was near as one condemned to it. For a series of years his life was in imminent danger, exposed every moment to a thousand deaths, and no sooner was he delivered from one than he entered into another. Thus he declares that he would not die, because he regained life, all hope of which he had entirely abandoned. We,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 118:1-21

Opposition, deliverance, thanksgiving. The psalmist (or the nation) is passing, or has just passed, through great distress. He (it) has been the object of malignant and determined attack; he has been surrounded by enemies, and been in peril of his life; he has then, as always, sought help from above; and he has been so graciously relieved that he has the sense of deliverance in his soul, and the song of triumph on his lips. I. HUMAN OPPOSITION . This begins in: 1. Hatred ; ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 118:1-29

The first eighteen verses are the song of the procession as it winds its way slowly up the hill to the great gate of the temple, sung alternately, as it would seem, by the two halves of the procession. Psalms 118:19 is the utterance of the leader, in the name of the whole hand, on their arrival before the gates. Psalms 118:20 is the reply made to them by those inside. The procession, as it enters, sings Psalms 118:21-24 antiphonally as before, all joining in Psalms 118:25 . Those... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 118:16

The right hand of the Lord is exalted (compare the parallel expression in Exodus 15:6 , "Thy right hand, O God, is become glorious in power "). When God's right hand effects a deliverance, it gets, as it were, additional glory to itself. The right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly . So, already, in Psalms 118:16 . Repetition is a special characteristic of this psalm (see Psalms 118:1 , Psalms 118:2 , Psalms 118:3 , Psalms 118:4 ; Psalms 118:8 , Psalms 118:9 ; Psalms... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 118:16

The valiant right hand of the Lord. The history of Israel was full of illustrations and evidences of this. The occasion of this psalm was one of them. But apply the thrice-repeated declaration of the text— I. TO OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST . For: 1. See how he overcomes Satan . He was tempted in all points like as we are, and again and again, and yet Satan found nothing in him. 2. Sin . He was holy, harmless, and undefiled; he did no sin. 3. The Law ' s... read more

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