God’s Word Translation
Psalms 118:21
21I give thanks to you, because you have answered me. You are my savior.
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 the gates of righteousness for me. I will go through them ⌞and⌟ give thanks to the Lord. 20This is the gate of the Lord through which righteous people will enter. I give thanks to you, because you have answered me. You are my savior. 22The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. 23The Lord is responsible for this, and it is amazing for us to see.
Read all of Psalms 118Psalms 118:21 word by word
א֭וֹדְךָ כִּ֣י עֲנִיתָ֑נִי וַתְּהִי־לִ֝֗י לִֽישׁוּעָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 118:21
- Psalms 22:23All who fear the Lord, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel.
- Psalms 69:33The Lord listens to needy people. He does not despise his own who are in prison.
- Psalms 116:1I love the Lord because he hears my voice, my pleas for mercy.
- Psalms 118:14The Lord is my strength and my song. He is my savior.
- Exodus 15:2The Lord is my strength and my song. He is my Savior. This is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will honor him.
- Isaiah 12:2Look! God is my Savior. I am confident and unafraid, because the Lord is my strength and my song. He is my Savior.”
- Isaiah 49:8This is what the Lord says: In the time of favor I will answer you. In the day of salvation I will help you. I will protect you. I will appoint you as my promise to the people. You will restore the land. You will make them inherit the desolate inheritance.
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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