Psalms 118:2

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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Psalms 115:9-11, Psalms 135:19, Psalms 135:20, Psalms 145:10, Psalms 147:19, Psalms 147:20, Galatians 6:16, Hebrews 13:15, 1 Peter 2:9, 1 Peter 2:10

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Let Israel now say, that his mercy [endureth] for ever. Let such who have had an experience of it acknowledge and declare it to others; not only believe in it with their hearts, and privately give thanks for it, but with the mouth make confession of it to the glory of divine grace; not only literal Israel, whom the Lord brought out of Egypt, led and fed in the wilderness, and settled in the land of Canaan; and to whom the law and the services of God, the covenants and promises, word and ordinances, belonged; and who now were so happy under the government of such a king as David; but also the spiritual Israel of God, the whole Israel of God, Jews and Gentiles, under the Gospel dispensation; the Israel whom God has chosen, Christ has redeemed, and the Spirit effectually calls and sanctifies; such who are Israelites indeed, who have been encouraged to hope in the Lord, and in his mercy, and are made partakers of it; these should speak of the grace and mercy of God, and the continuance of it, for the encouragement of others.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let Israel now say ... - The Hebrew people; the people of God. They have now, in my case, a new illustration of the mercy of God which ought to animate them, and to encourage their hearts. Compare Psalms 115:9.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 118:2. Let Israel now say — Seeing the hand of the Lord so visibly, and the deliverance gained, that God's mercy endureth for ever.