Psalms 118:27

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
God	אֵ֤ל 'el	H410	strength · noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָה֮ Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
light	וַיָּ֪אֶר vai.Ya.'er	H215	to be (causative · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
bind	אִסְרוּ 'is.ru-	H631	to yoke or hitch · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
sacrifice	חַ֥ג chag	H2282	a festival · noun, common masculine singular absolute
cords	בַּעֲבֹתִ֑ים ba.'a.vo.Tim	H5688	something intwined · preposition + noun, common masculine plural absolute
horns	קַ֝רְנ֗וֹת kar.Not	H7161	a horn (as projecting) · noun, common feminine plural construct
altar	הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ ha.miz.Be.ach	H4196	an altar · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 18:28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
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 l…
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…
Esther 8:16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
Isaiah 9:2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shi…
Isaiah 60:1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
1 Kings 18:39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
Psalms 37:6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 118:19–end

We have here an illustrious prophecy of the humiliation and exaltation of our Lord Jesus, his sufferings, and the glory that should follow. Peter thus applies it directly to the chief priests and scribes, and none of them could charge him with misapplying it, Act 4:11. Now observe here, I. The preface with which this precious prophecy is introduced, Psa 118:19-21. 1. 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 cal…

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John Gill on Psalms 118:27

God is the Lord, which hath showed us light,.... These are the words of the people, acknowledging divine favours; particularly that the Lord had caused his face to shine upon them, as the priest wished for, Numbers 6:25. The Lord might be said to show them light, by sending the Messiah to them, who came a light into the world; by making a Gospel day, for which they expressed their gladness, Psalm 118:24; by causing the light of his glorious Gospel to shine into their hearts; by making them who were darkness light, the darkness of ignorance and unbelief to pass away, and the true light to shine; by lifting up the light of his countenance upon them, and giving them hopes of the light of glory…

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John Calvin on Psalms 118:27–end

Psalm 118:27-29 27. Jehovah is God, and has given light to us: bind ye the lamb with cords, even to the horns of the altar. [394] 28. Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: my God, I will exalt thee. 29. Praise ye Jehovah; because he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever. 27. Jehovah is God Here the prophet establishes what he said formerly, that God, out of compassion to his Church, dissipated the darkness, and introduced the light of his grace, when David mounted the throne, for that was the harbinger of the redemption which was anticipated to be effected in due time by Christ. He also asserts that God was the author of that deliverance, so wonderful and unlooked for, and he dec…

The Church Fathers

That Lord, who came in the Lord's Name, whom the builders refused, and who became the head Stone of the corner, that "Mediator between God and man, Jesus Christ," is God, He is equal with the Father, He hath showed us light, that we might understand what we believed, and declare it to you who understand it not as yet, but already believe it.
— Augustine of Hippo, On the Psalms, Psalm 118

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Altar — (Heb. mizbe’ah, from a word meaning “to slay”), any structure of earth (Ex. 20:24) or unwrought stone (20:25) on which sacrifices were offered. Altars were generally erected in conspicuous places…
Hallel — Praise, the name given to the group of Psalms 113-118, which are preeminently psalms of praise. It is called “The Egyptian Hallel,” because it was chanted in the temple whilst the Passover lambs were…
Temple, the Second — After the return from captivity, under Zerubbabel (q.v.) and the high priest Jeshua, arrangements were almost immediately made to reorganize the long-desolated kingdom. The body of pilgrims, forming…
Altar · .Uses of the horns — .Uses of the horns
Altar Of Burnt Offering, The · Sacrifices bound to the horns of — Sacrifices bound to the horns of
Cord · .Leading or binding animals — .Leading or binding animals
Feast Of Tabernacles, The · Customs observed at: Singing hosannas — Customs observed at: Singing hosannas
Sacrifices · Were bound to the horns of the altar — Were bound to the horns of the altar

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 118:27

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 118:19–end

John Gill on Psalms 118:27

John Calvin on Psalms 118:27–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 118:27

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 118:19–end

John Gill on Psalms 118:27

John Calvin on Psalms 118:27–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 118:19–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 118:26

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 118:27