New King James Version
Psalms 118:21
21I will praise You, For You have answered me, And have 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 Living Translation (NLT)I thank you for answering my prayer and giving me victory!
Context of Psalms 118:21
19Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will go through them, And I will praise the Lord. 20This is the gate of the Lord, Through which the righteous shall enter. I will praise You, For You have answered me, And have become my salvation. 22The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. 23This was the Lord’s doing; It is marvelous in our eyes.
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 22:23You who fear the Lord, praise Him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify Him, And fear Him, all you offspring of Israel!
- Psalms 69:33For the Lord hears the poor, And does not despise His prisoners.
- Psalms 116:1I love the Lord, because He has heard My voice and my supplications.
- Psalms 118:14The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.
- Exodus 15:2The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; He 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 not be afraid; ‘For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.’ ”
- Isaiah 49:8Thus says the Lord: “In an acceptable time I have heard You, And in the day of salvation I have helped You; I will preserve You and give You As a covenant to the people, To restore the earth, To cause them to 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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