Psalm 118
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Psalms 118— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition
How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, which is the key every lexicon and concordance uses (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets name a word that does a grammatical job rather than carrying a meaning, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.
1Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
Aramaic Targum to Psalms 118:1
Praise before the LORD, for He is good — for eternal is His goodness!
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2Let Israel say, “His loving devotion endures forever.”
3Let the house of Aaron say, “His loving devotion endures forever.”
4Let those who fear the LORD say, “His loving devotion endures forever.”
5In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.
6The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
7The LORD is on my side; He is my helper. Therefore I will look in triumph on those who hate me.
8It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
9It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.
10All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
Rashi on Psalms 118:10
All nations surrounded me This speaks about the war of Gog and Magog, when all the nations will be there, as it is said (Zech.:2): “And I shall gather all the nations to Jerusalem to wage war.”
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Aramaic Targum to Psalms 118:10
All the nations surrounded me; in the name of the Word of the LORD I have trusted, for I will tear them apart.
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11They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
12They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
Rashi on Psalms 118:12
they were extinguished like a thorn fire Every expression of דעיכה coincides with an expression of springing and skipping. It hastens to spring and skip from its place.
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13I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me.
14The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.
Rashi on Psalms 118:14
The might and the cutting power of God was my salvation Heb. עזי וזמרת, the might of the Holy One, blessed be He, was my salvation.
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15Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!
16The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!”
17I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.
18The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.
19Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD.
20This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.
21I will give You thanks, for You have answered me, and You have become my salvation.
22The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
23This is from the LORD, and it is marvelous in our eyes.
24This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
25O LORD, save us, we pray. We beseech You, O LORD, cause us to prosper!
26Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you.
27The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.
28You are my God, and I will give You thanks. You are my God, and I will exalt You.
29Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.