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**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .
**mercy** = lovingkindness, or grace.

**THE LORD.** Hebrew Jah. App-4 .
**and set me in a large place.** The current Hebrew text = with the deliverance of JAH, *bammerhab yah* (two words). The Massoretic text reads it as one word, *bammerhabyah* = with deliverance. The Authorized Version and Revised Version transfer the *yah* to the beginning of the clause, and are then compelled to make out the sense by supplying "and set me". They do not even notice the Massoretic reading. The printed text reads: "I called upon Jah in distress, He answered me with the deliverance of *Yah* . "The Massoretic text reads: "I called upon Jah in distress, He answered me with deliverance. "

**The LORD, &c.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 . Quoted in [Hebrews 13:6](../../../kjv/hebrews/13/6) .
**man** = a man. Hebrew. *'adam.* App-14 .

**It is better . . . Than.** Figure of speech *Connotes* ( App-6 ), repeated in [Psalms 118:9](../../../kjv/psalms/118/9) .
**better** = good. By Figure of speech *Heterosis* ( App-6 ), the Positive is put for the Comparative, and is so rendered.
**trust** = flee for refuge. Hebrew. *hasah.* App-69 .
**put confidence.** Hebrew. *batah* . App-69 .
**man.** Hebrew. *'adam.* App-14 .

**All.** Put by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Genus), App-6 , for a large number, or many.
**But, &c.** Figure of speech *Epistrophe* ( App-6 ), repeated in [Psalms 118:11](../../../kjv/psalms/118/11) .

**They compassed . . . they compassed.** Figure of speech *Epizeuxis* ( App-6 ), for emphasis.

**They compassed.** Figure of speech *Anaphora* ( App-6 ), repeated from [Psalms 118:11](../../../kjv/psalms/118/11) .
**are quenched.** Septuagint reads "blazed up".
**the name.** See note on [Psalms 20:1](../../../kjv/psalms/20/1) .

**Thou.** Does this refer to the "man" of [Psalms 118:6](../../../kjv/psalms/118/6) ?

**song.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), App-6 , for the theme of the song.
**salvation.** Compare [Psalms 118:21](../../../kjv/psalms/118/21) .[Exodus 15:2](../../../kjv/exodus/15/2) .[Isaiah 12:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/12/2) . Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), App-6 , for Him Who saves = my Saviour.

**tabernacles** = tents, or dwellings. Hebrew. *'ohel* . App-40 (3).
**The right hand.** Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia.* App-6 .
**doeth valiantly.** Figure of speech *Coenotes* ( App-6 ), repeated in [Psalms 118:16](../../../kjv/psalms/118/16) .

**works.** Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "work" (singular)

**The stone:** i.e. the Messiah. See [Genesis 49:24](../../../kjv/genesis/49/24) . A stone of stumbling, [Isaiah 8:14](../../../kjv/isaiah/8/14) (compare [Romans 9:33](../../../kjv/romans/9/33) . [1 Peter 2:8](../../../kjv/1-peter/2/8) ); a "tried stone", "precious", "sure", [Isaiah 28:16](../../../kjv/isaiah/28/16) ; the rejected stone (compare [Matthew 21:42](../../../kjv/matthew/21/42) .[Mark 12:10](../../../kjv/mark/12/10) , [Mark 12:11](../../../kjv/mark/12/11) .[Luke 20:17](../../../kjv/luke/20/17) . [Acts 4:11](../../../kjv/acts/4/11) . [1 Peter 2:4](../../../kjv/1-peter/2/4) ). The true foundation, [Isaiah 28:16](../../../kjv/isaiah/28/16) (compare [Matthew 16:18](../../../kjv/matthew/16/18) . [1 Corinthians 3:11](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/3/11) .[Ephesians 2:20](../../../kjv/ephesians/2/20); [Ephesians 2:20](../../../kjv/ephesians/2/20) ).
**refused.** See note above, and compare Structure, 22-24 with 26-28, above. Here the present Dispensation comes in. See App-72 .

**This is the LORD'S doing.** Messiah's exaltation is thus like the humiliation ([Psalms 109:27](../../../kjv/psalms/109/27) ).

**Save now, &c.** Hebrew "Hosanna" = Save, I pray. Not a Particle of *time* , but of *entreaty* (as in [Ecclesiastes 12:1](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/12/1) ). Repeated four times for emphasis. Literally "I pray Thee, Jehovah; Save; I pray Thee; I pray Thee, O Jehovah".

**Blessed, &c.** See [Matthew 21:9](../../../kjv/matthew/21/9) ; [Matthew 23:39](../../../kjv/matthew/23/39) . [Mark 11:9](../../../kjv/mark/11/9) . [Luke 13:35](../../../kjv/luke/13/35) ; [Luke 19:38](../../../kjv/luke/19/38) . [John 12:13](../../../kjv/john/12/13) .
**you.** Plural.

**GOD.** Hebrew El. App-4 .
**Bind.** Hebrew. *'asar,* to bind, or join. Here, in its idiomatic usage, to join, so as to make ready ([Genesis 46:29](../../../kjv/genesis/46/29) . Exo 14:6 . [1 Kings 18:44](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/44) . [2 Kings 9:21](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/21) ), or begin ([1 Kings 20:14](../../../kjv/1-kings/20/14) . [2 Chronicles 13:3](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/13/3) ).
**sacrifice.** Hebrew. *hag =* a feast, or festal [sacrifice]. See note on [Exodus 23:18](../../../kjv/exodus/23/18) , and compare [Exodus 5:1](../../../kjv/exodus/5/1) ; [Exodus 12:14](../../../kjv/exodus/12/14) ; [Exodus 23:14](../../../kjv/exodus/23/14) .[Leviticus 23:39](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/39) , [Leviticus 23:41](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/41) .[Numbers 29:12](../../../kjv/numbers/29/12) .[Deuteronomy 16:15](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/16/15) .[Zechariah 14:16](../../../kjv/zechariah/14/16) , [Zechariah 14:18](../../../kjv/zechariah/14/18) , [Zechariah 14:19](../../../kjv/zechariah/14/19) .
**cords** = wreaths, or garlands, as in [Exodus 28:14](../../../kjv/exodus/28/14) , [Exodus 28:22](../../../kjv/exodus/28/22) , [Exodus 28:24](../../../kjv/exodus/28/24) , [Exodus 28:25](../../../kjv/exodus/28/25) ; [Exodus 39:15](../../../kjv/exodus/39/15) , [Exodus 39:17](../../../kjv/exodus/39/17) , [Exodus 39:18](../../../kjv/exodus/39/18) .
**even unto.** Hebrew. *'ad =* up to or during: i.e. even until [it is consummated at] the horns of the altar. *'Ad* denotes progression in time. Translate: "Make ready the festal sacrifice with garlands until [it is consummated at] the horns of the altar. "Compare [Acts 14:13](../../../kjv/acts/14/13) . There is nothing about "to the altar" here.

**praise** = give thanks.
**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 .

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