Psalms 118:27 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 118:27

God is the Lord, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.

KJV

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ASV

Jehovah is God, and he hath given us light: Bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.

WEB

The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.

YLT

God is Jehovah, and He giveth to us light, Direct ye the festal-sacrifice with cords, Unto the horns of the altar.

DBT

Jehovah isGod, and he hath given us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, — up to the horns of the altar.

About this book

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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26 verses on the floor

Genesis 1:3
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
John 8:12
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Psalms 18:28
For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
1 Peter 2:9
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Esther 8:16
The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the L ORD helped me. 14 The L ORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. 15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the L ORD doeth valiantly.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

1 ), to be bound to the altar, spiritual sacrifices of prayer and praise, in which our hearts must be fixed and engaged, as the sacrifice was bound with cords to the horns of the altar, not to start back. The psalmist concludes with his own thankful acknowledgments of divine grace, in which he calls upon others to join with him,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

showed us light--or favor (Ps 27:1; With the sacrificial victim brought bound to the altar is united the more spiritual offering of praise (Ps 50:14, 23), expressed in the terms with which the Psalm opened.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

The Lord - Or, The mighty God, as this name of God signifies, and as he shewed himself to be by this, his wonderful work. Who - Who hath scattered our dark clouds, and put us into a state of peace, and safety, and happiness. The horns - These are supposed to be made for this very use, that the beasts should be bound and killed there.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Word trails from this verse

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Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 118:271PE 2:9 EXO 19:5-6
PSA 118:271PE 2:9 DEU 7:6
PSA 118:27JHN 8:12 JHN 12:46
PSA 118:271PE 2:9 REV 1:6
PSA 118:27ISA 60:1 EPH 5:14
PSA 118:27JHN 8:12 JHN 9:5
PSA 118:271PE 2:9 REV 5:10
PSA 118:27JHN 8:12 JHN 12:35

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