New Living Translation
Psalms 118:21
21I thank you for answering my prayer and giving me victory!
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 for me the gates where the righteous enter, and I will go in and thank the Lord. 20These gates lead to the presence of the Lord, and the godly enter there. I thank you for answering my prayer and giving me victory! 22The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone. 23This is the Lord’s doing, and it is wonderful 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 22:23Praise the Lord, all you who fear him! Honor him, all you descendants of Jacob! Show him reverence, all you descendants of Israel!
- Psalms 69:33For the Lord hears the cries of the needy; he does not despise his imprisoned people.
- Psalms 116:1I love the Lord because he hears my voice and my prayer for mercy.
- Psalms 118:14The Lord is my strength and my song; he has given me victory.
- Exodus 15:2The Lord is my strength and my song; he has given me victory. This is my God, and I will praise him— my father’s God, and I will exalt him!
- Isaiah 12:2See, God has come to save me. I will trust in him and not be afraid. The Lord God is my strength and my song; he has given me victory.”
- Isaiah 49:8This is what the Lord says: “At just the right time, I will respond to you. On the day of salvation I will help you. I will protect you and give you to the people as my covenant with them. Through you I will reestablish the land of Israel and assign it to its own people again.
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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