American Standard Version
Psalms 118:21
21I will give thanks unto thee; for thou hast answered me,And art become my salvation.
Psalms 118:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.
- New International Version (NIV)I will give you thanks, for you answered me; you have become my salvation.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will praise You, For You have answered me, And have become my salvation.
Context of Psalms 118:21
19Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will enter into them, I will give thanks unto Jehovah. 20This is the gate of Jehovah; The righteous shall enter into it. I will give thanks unto thee; for thou hast answered me, And art become my salvation. 22The stone which the builders rejected Is become the head of the corner. 23This is Jehovah’s doing; It is marvellous in our eyes.
Read all of Psalms 118Psalms 118:21 word by word
א֭וֹדְךָ כִּ֣י עֲנִיתָ֑נִי וַתְּהִי־לִ֝֗י לִֽישׁוּעָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 118:21
- Psalms 22:23Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; And stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel.
- Psalms 69:33For Jehovah heareth the needy, And despiseth not his prisoners.
- Psalms 116:1I love Jehovah, because he heareth My voice and my supplications.
- Psalms 118:14Jehovah is my strength and song; And he is become my salvation.
- Exodus 15:2Jehovah is my strength and song, And he is become my salvation: This is my God, and I will praise him; My father’s God, and I will exalt him.
- Isaiah 12:2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid: for Jehovah, even Jehovah, is my strength and song; and he is become my salvation.
- Isaiah 49:8Thus saith Jehovah, In an acceptable time have I answered thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritages;
Commentaries on Psalms 118:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21I will praise thee - He is now got within the gates, and breaks out into thanksgivings for the mercies he had received. He is become my salvation - he himself hath saved me from all mine enemies.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21I will praise thee - Within thy courts. For thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation - See Psalm 118:14.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-29Verses 19-29 Those who saw Christ's day at so great a distance, saw cause to praise God for the prospect. The prophecy, ver. #(22-23), may refer to David's preferment; but principally to Christ. 1. His humiliation; he is the Stone which the builders refused: they would go on in their building without him. This proved the ruin of those who thus made light of him. Rejecters of Christ are rejected of God. 2. His exaltation; he is the chief Cornerstone in the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-21God has restored the psalmist from death to life, so he praises the Lord publicly (see Psalm 116:6, 12–19).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-2119-21. Whether an actual or figurative entrance into God's house be meant, the purpose of solemn praise is intimated, in which only the righteous would or could engage.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 118
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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