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Psalms 118:25
25Please, Lord, please save us. Please, Lord, please give us success.
Psalms 118:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.
- New International Version (NIV)Lord, save us! Lord, grant us success!
- English Standard Version (ESV)Save us, we pray, O Lord! O Lord, we pray, give us success!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Save now, I pray, O Lord; O Lord, I pray, send now prosperity.
Context of Psalms 118:25
23This is the Lord’s doing, and it is wonderful to see. 24This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. Please, Lord, please save us. Please, Lord, please give us success. 26Bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord. We bless you from the house of the Lord. 27The Lord is God, shining upon us. Take the sacrifice and bind it with cords on the altar.
Read all of Psalms 118Psalms 118:25 word by word
אָנָּ֣א יְ֭הוָה הוֹשִׁ֘יעָ֥ה נָּ֑א אָֽנָּ֥א יְ֝הוָ֗ה הַצְלִ֘יחָ֥ה נָּֽא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 118:25
- Psalms 20:9Give victory to our king, O Lord! Answer our cry for help.
- Psalms 22:21Snatch me from the lion’s jaws and from the horns of these wild oxen.
- Psalms 69:1Save me, O God, for the floodwaters are up to my neck.
- Psalms 90:17And may the Lord our God show us his approval and make our efforts successful. Yes, make our efforts successful!
Commentaries on Psalms 118:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25Save now, I beseech thee - These words were sung by the Jews on the feast of tabernacles, when carrying green branches in their hands; and from the נא הושיעה hoshiah nna, we have the word hosanna. This was sung by the Jewish children when Christ made his public entry into Jerusalem. See Matthew 21:9; (note), and see the note there, in which the word and the circumstance are both explained.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord - The word save here seems to be used in the general sense of imploring the divine interposition and mercy. It is a part of the word which in the New Testament is rendered “Hosanna” - save now Matthew 21:9 - and is the language which the multitudes employed when they followed the Saviour as he went from the Mount of Olives to Jerusalem. The language which they used on that occasion was borrowed from this psalm, and was…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. 25-29The psalmist ends with prayer and thanksgiving, anticipating an even greater revelation of God’s victory and rescue.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. Save now--Hebrew, "Hosanna" (compare Psa 115:2, &c., as to now) a form of prayer (Psa 20:9), since, in our use, of praise.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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