Psalms 118:19 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 118:19

Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will enter into them, I will give thanks unto Jehovah.

KJV

Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord:

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Commentary

3 voices

Origen of Alexandria

AGAINST CELSUS 6:36 (253)

And it is not incredible that the gates that are said to open spontaneously are referred obscurely by some to the words "Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may go into them and praise the Lord; this gate of the Lord, into it the righteous shall enter"; and again, to what is said in the ninth psalm, "You that lift me up from the gates of death, that I may show forth all your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Open to me the gates of righteousness,.... The doors of the sanctuary or tabernacle, so called, because none but righteous persons might enter in at them, or who were clean in a ceremonial sense; and because sacrifices of righteousness were here offered. The words are addressed to the porters, or Levites, that kept the doors of the tabernacle, to open them. The Targum is, "open to me the gates of the city of righteousness;'' Jerusalem, so called Isa 1:26; the gates of which were opened to David, when he took it from the Jebusites.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The psalmist desires admission into the sanctuary of God, there to celebrate the glory of him that cometh in the name of the Lord: Open to me the gates of righteousness. So the temple-gates are called, because they were shut against the uncircumcised, and forbade the stranger to come nigh, as the sacrifices there offered are called sacrifices of righteousness.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
פִּתְחוּ־	pit.chu-	open	H6605 →
לִ֥י	li	to me
שַׁעֲרֵי־	sha.'a.rei-	[the] gates of	H8179 →
צֶ֑דֶק	Tze.dek	righteousness	H6664 →
אָֽבֹא־	'a.vo'-	I will go	H935 →
בָ֝ם	vam	in them
אוֹדֶ֥ה	'o.Deh	I will give thanks to	H3034 →
יָֽהּ׃	Yah	Yahweh	H3050 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 100:4
Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name.
leads to
- Colossians 3:16–17
  Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to…
- Hebrews 13:15
  Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
- 1 Chronicles 29:13
  Now therefore, our God, we give You thanks, and we praise Your glorious name.
- Psalms 103:1–2
  Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name.
- Psalms 116:17–19
  I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.
Through
Revelation 22:14
Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.
leads to
- Revelation 21:27
  But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
- 1 John 5:3
  For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
- Revelation 22:7
  “Behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of prophecy in this book.”

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Psalms

Where the connections lead

The record, by era

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Psalms