Yahweh is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.
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Yahweh is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.
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The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.
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The LORD is for me as my helper; and I shall gaze upon them that hate me.
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Passages linked to Psalms 118:7 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 59:10 My God will go before me with his loving kindness. God will let me look at my enemies in triumph.
- Psalms 54:4 Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is the one who sustains my soul.
- Psalms 54:7 For he has delivered me out of all trouble. My eye has seen triumph over my enemies.
- Psalms 55:18 He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, although there are many who oppose me.
- Psalms 92:11 My eye has also seen my enemies. My ears have heard of the wicked enemies who rise up against me.
- Psalms 112:8 His heart is established. He will not be afraid in the end when he sees his adversaries.
- 1 Chronicles 12:18 Then the Spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, and he said, “We are yours, David, and on your side, you son of Jesse. Peace, peace be to you, and peace be to your helpers; for your God helps you.” Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 118:7 The LORD taketh my part with them…
Psa 118:7 The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see [my desire] upon them that hate me.
Ver. 7. The Lord taketh my part with them that help me] Not only as one of my helpers, but instead of all, and more than all. How many reckon ye me at? said that general to his soldiers, who were afraid of their enemy’s numbers; Cui adhaereo praeest, He whom I take part with must needs prevail.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The Lord taketh my part with them that help…
The Lord taketh my part with them that help me; he is one of the number of my helpers, and enables them to defend me.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain It is better to trust in the Lord,.... The…
It is better to trust in the Lord,.... The Targum is,
"in the Word of the Lord.''
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This is repeated for the sake of what follows:
than to put confidence in princes; who have greater ability to help, and whose honour should engage them to keep their word; and yet it is better to trust in the Lord than in them; see Psa 146:3. Two different words being used in this verse and Psa 118:8; for trust and confidence, Jarchi has observed, that the one signifies a lesser, the other a stronger confidence; as if the sense was this, "It is better lightly to trust in the Lord than to put the strongest confidence in men and princes." But the observation is scarcely solid enough.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 7. The Lord taketh my part with them…
Verse 7. The Lord taketh my part with them that help me] Literally, The Lord is to me among my helpers. Therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me. Literally, And I shall look among them that hate me. As God is on my side, I fear not to look the whole of them in the face. I shall see them defeated.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The Lord taketh my part with them that help…
The Lord taketh my part with them that help me - The psalmist had friends. There were those who stood by him. He relied, indeed, on their aid, but not on their aid without God. He felt that even their help was valuable to him only as God was with them. There was direct dependence on God in reference to himself; and there was the same sense of dependence in respect to all who were engaged in his defense. This might be rendered, however, simply “for my help,” and is so rendered by DeWette. The Septuagint and Latin Vulgate render it, “The Lord is my helper.”
Therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me - literally, “I shall see upon those that hate me;” that is, I shall look upon them according to my wish; I shall see them overthrown and subdued. See the notes at Psa 54:7. Compare Psa 92:11; Psa 112:8.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 7. See my desire, etc.—Hebrew, I shall look on…
7. See my desire, etc.—Hebrew, I shall look on those that hate me; an idiomatic form for I shall triumph over them, I shall behold their downfall. This every man hopes for, not in the spirit of revenge, but as a triumph of justice and truth. See Psa_54:7; Psa_59:10; Psa_112:8. How can the righteous triumph but by the downfall of the impenitent wicked?
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 7. Jehovah is on my side as my helper]…
7. Jehovah is on my side as my helper] Cp. Psa_54:4. The expression is an idiomatic one. It denotes not merely among my helpers, as one among many, but ‘in the character or capacity of my helpers,’ ‘as a host of helpers.’ “He sums up in Himself the qualities of a class, viz. the class of helpers” (Cheyne).
therefore shall I see &c.] Or, do I see, a general truth. Cp. Psa_54:7 b, and note; Psa_59:10; Psa_92:11.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (7) Made up of Psa_54:4-7, where see Notes.
(7) Made up of Psa_54:4-7, where see Notes.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The Lord taketh my part with them that help…
The Lord taketh my part with them that help me; literally, the Lord is on my side among my helpers. (comp. Psa_54:4) Therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me. (comp. Psa_54:7 Psa_59:10)
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 7. The LORD taketh my part with them…
Ver. 7. The LORD taketh my part with them that help me. Jehovah condescended to be in alliance with the good man and his comrades; his God was not content to look on, but he took part in the struggle. What a consolatory fact it is that the Lord takes our part, and that when he raises up friends for us he does not leave them to fight for us alone, but he himself as our chief defender deigns to come into the battle and wage war on our behalf. David mentioned those that helped him, he was not unmindful of his followers; there is a long record of David's mighty men in the book of Chronicles, and this teaches us that we are not to disdain or think little of the generous friends who rally around us; but still our great dependence and our grand confidence must be fixed upon the Lord alone. Without him the strong helpers fail; indeed, apart from him in the sons of men there is no help; but when our gracious Jehovah is pleased to support and strengthen those who aid us, they become substantial helpers to us.
Therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me. The words, "my desire, "are added by the translators; the Psalmist said, "I shall look upon my haters: I shall look upon them in the face, I shall make them cease from their contempt, I shall myself look down upon them instead of their looking down upon me. I shall see their defeat, I shall see the end of them." Our Lord Jesus does at this moment look down upon his adversaries, his enemies are his footstool; he shall look upon them at his second coming, and at the glance of his eyes they shall flee before him, not being able to endure that look with which he shall read them through and through.
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Ver. 7.
1. The value of true friends.
2. The greater value of help from above.
Psalms 118:8*
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