Psalms 118:14

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever. 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; in the name of the LORD I will surely cut them off.

Bible Verse Review
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is my strength: Psalms 18:2, Exodus 15:2-6, Isaiah 12:2, Isaiah 45:17, Isaiah 45:22-25, Matthew 1:21-23

Reciprocal: Judges 8:3 - God 1 Samuel 2:1 - I rejoice Job 13:16 - my salvation Psalms 18:1 - my Psalms 21:1 - in thy Psalms 27:1 - salvation Psalms 63:5 - with joyful Psalms 118:21 - and art Habakkuk 3:18 - the God

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Lord [is] my strength and song,.... It being in the name of the Lord the enemies of the psalmist were destroyed; and having obtained help of him when sore thrust at, he gives him all the glory, and ascribes nothing to himself. It was the Lord that strengthened him, helped him, and gave him the victory. The Lord is the author and giver of strength, natural and spiritual; he is the "strength" of the hearts and lives of his people, and of their salvation; and therefore is their "song", the matter of it: they sing of his nature and perfections, of his works of providence and grace, of his righteousness and salvation, as follows:

and is become my salvation; the author of temporal, spiritual, and eternal salvation; which the psalmist saw his interest in, and was assured of, and therefore sung praise on that account; see Exodus 15:2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord is my strength and song - He is the source of strength to me; and he is the subject of my praise. There is no ground of praise in myself for anything that I have done, but all is due to him.

And is become my salvation - He has saved me. I live because he preserved me. So we shall be saved in heaven solely because he saves us, and there, more than can be possible here, we shall say, “God is our strength and our song, and is become our salvation.”