This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
What does Psalms 118:24 mean?
Those who saw Christ's day at so great a distance, saw cause to praise God for the prospect. The prophecy, ver.
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Commentary on Psalms 118:24
This is the day which the Lord hath made - As if it were a new day, made for this very occasion; a day which the writer of the psalm did not expect to see, and which seemed therefore to have been created out of the ordinary course, and added to the other days. He was in danger of death; his days were likely to be cut off and ended, so that he should see no more. But God had spared him, and added this joyous day to his life; and it was meet that for this he should be praised.
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Context in Psalms 118
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Psalms 118 belongs to the middle movement of the book, especially the section often described as Book IV. Psalms is the Bible’s great book of sung prayer, teaching the full range of faithful speech from anguish and repentance to jubilation and doxology. Read this chapter with the wider themes of prayer, praise, and lament in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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