Apologetics Bible

Psalms 118:1

Hebrew

הוֹדוּ לַיהוָה כִּי־טוֹב כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃

hvodv-layhvah-khiy-tvov-khiy-le'volam-chasedvo

KJV: O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.

AKJV: O give thanks to the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endures for ever.

ASV: Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good;

YLT: Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age is His kindness.

Exposition: Psalms 118:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 118:2

Hebrew

יֹֽאמַר־נָא יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃

yo'mar-na'-yishera'el-khiy-le'volam-chasedvo

KJV: Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.

AKJV: Let Israel now say, that his mercy endures for ever.

ASV: Let Israel now say,

YLT: I pray you, let Israel say, That, to the age is His kindness.

Exposition: Psalms 118:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 118:3

Hebrew

יֹֽאמְרוּ־נָא בֵֽית־אַהֲרֹן כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃

yo'merv-na'-veyt-'aharon-khiy-le'volam-chasedvo

KJV: Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.

AKJV: Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endures for ever.

ASV: Let the house of Aaron now say,

YLT: I pray you, let the house of Aaron say, That, to the age is His kindness.

Exposition: Psalms 118:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 118:4

Hebrew

יֹֽאמְרוּ־נָא יִרְאֵי יְהוָה כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃

yo'merv-na'-yire'ey-yehvah-khiy-le'volam-chasedvo

KJV: Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth for ever.

AKJV: Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endures for ever.

ASV: Let them now that fear Jehovah say,

YLT: I pray you, let those fearing Jehovah say, That, to the age is His kindness.

Exposition: Psalms 118:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth for ever.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 118:5

Hebrew

מִֽן־הַמֵּצַר קָרָאתִי יָּהּ עָנָנִי בַמֶּרְחָב יָֽהּ׃

min-hametzar-qara'tiy-yah-'ananiy-vamerechav-yah

KJV: I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.

AKJV: I called on the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.

ASV: Out of my distress I called upon Jehovah:

YLT: From the straitness I called Jah, Jah answered me in a broad place.

Exposition: Psalms 118:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 118:6

Hebrew

יְהוָה לִי לֹא אִירָא מַה־יַּעֲשֶׂה לִי אָדָֽם׃

yehvah-liy-lo'-'iyra'-mah-ya'asheh-liy-'adam

KJV: The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?

AKJV: The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do to me?

ASV: Jehovah is on my side; I will not fear:

YLT: Jehovah is for me, I do not fear what man doth to me.

Exposition: Psalms 118:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 118:7

Hebrew

יְהוָה לִי בְּעֹזְרָי וַאֲנִי אֶרְאֶה בְשֹׂנְאָֽי׃

yehvah-liy-ve'ozeray-va'aniy-'ere'eh-veshone'ay

KJV: The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.

AKJV: The LORD takes my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire on them that hate me.

ASV: Jehovah is on my side among them that help me:

YLT: Jehovah is for me among my helpers, And I--I look on those hating me.

Exposition: Psalms 118:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 118:8

Hebrew

טוֹב לַחֲסוֹת בַּיהוָה מִבְּטֹחַ בָּאָדָֽם׃

tvov-lachasvot-vayhvah-mivetocha-va'adam

KJV: It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

AKJV: It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

ASV: It is better to take refuge in Jehovah

YLT: Better to take refuge in Jehovah than to trust in man,

Exposition: Psalms 118:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 118:9

Hebrew

טוֹב לַחֲסוֹת בַּיהוָה מִבְּטֹחַ בִּנְדִיבִֽים׃

tvov-lachasvot-vayhvah-mivetocha-vinediyviym

KJV: It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.

AKJV: It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.

ASV: It is better to take refuge in Jehovah

YLT: Better to take refuge in Jehovah, Than to trust in princes.

Exposition: Psalms 118:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 118:10

Hebrew

כָּל־גּוֹיִם סְבָבוּנִי בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה כִּי אֲמִילַֽם׃

khal-gvoyim-sevavvniy-veshem-yehvah-khiy-'amiylam

KJV: All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.

AKJV: All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.

ASV: All nations compassed me about:

YLT: All nations have compassed me about, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off.

Exposition: Psalms 118:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 118:11

Hebrew

סַבּוּנִי גַם־סְבָבוּנִי בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה כִּי אֲמִילַֽם׃

savvniy-gam-sevavvniy-veshem-yehvah-khiy-'amiylam

KJV: They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

AKJV: They compassed me about; yes, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

ASV: They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about:

YLT: They have compassed me about, Yea, they have compassed me about, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off.

Exposition: Psalms 118:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 118:12

Hebrew

סַבּוּנִי כִדְבוֹרִים דֹּעֲכוּ כְּאֵשׁ קוֹצִים בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה כִּי אֲמִילַֽם׃

savvniy-khidevvoriym-do'akhv-khe'esh-qvotziym-veshem-yehvah-khiy-'amiylam

KJV: They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

AKJV: They compassed me about like bees: they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

ASV: They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns:

YLT: They compassed me about as bees, They have been extinguished as a fire of thorns, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off.

Exposition: Psalms 118:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 118:13

Hebrew

דַּחֹה דְחִיתַנִי לִנְפֹּל וַיהוָה עֲזָרָֽנִי׃

dachoh-dechiytaniy-linefol-vayhvah-'azaraniy

KJV: Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.

AKJV: You have thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.

ASV: Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall;

YLT: Thou hast sorely thrust me to fall, And Jehovah hath helped me.

Exposition: Psalms 118:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 118:14

Hebrew

עָזִּי וְזִמְרָת יָהּ וַֽיְהִי־לִי לִֽישׁוּעָֽה׃

'aziy-vezimerat-yah-vayehiy-liy-liyshv'ah

KJV: The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.

AKJV: The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.

ASV: Jehovah is my strength and song;

YLT: My strength and song is Jah, And He is to me for salvation.

Exposition: Psalms 118:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 118:15

Hebrew

קוֹל ׀ רִנָּה וִֽישׁוּעָה בְּאָהֳלֵי צַדִּיקִים יְמִין יְהוָה עֹשָׂה חָֽיִל׃

qvol- -rinah-viyshv'ah-ve'aholey-tzadiyqiym-yemiyn-yehvah-'oshah-chayil

KJV: The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.

AKJV: The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD does valiantly.

ASV: The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous:

YLT: A voice of singing and salvation, Is in the tents of the righteous, The right hand of Jehovah is doing valiantly.

Exposition: Psalms 118:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 118:16

Hebrew

יְמִין יְהוָה רוֹמֵמָה יְמִין יְהוָה עֹשָׂה חָֽיִל׃

yemiyn-yehvah-rvomemah-yemiyn-yehvah-'oshah-chayil

KJV: The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.

AKJV: The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD does valiantly.

ASV: The right hand of Jehovah is exalted:

YLT: The right hand of Jehovah is exalted, The right hand of Jehovah is doing valiantly.

Exposition: Psalms 118:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 118:17

Hebrew

לֹֽא אָמוּת כִּי־אֶֽחְיֶה וַאֲסַפֵּר מַֽעֲשֵׂי יָֽהּ׃

lo'-'amvt-khiy-'echeyeh-va'asafer-ma'ashey-yah

KJV: I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.

AKJV: I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.

ASV: I shall not die, but live,

YLT: I do not die, but live, And recount the works of Jah,

Exposition: Psalms 118:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 118:18

Hebrew

יַסֹּר יִסְּרַנִּי יָּהּ וְלַמָּוֶת לֹא נְתָנָֽנִי׃

yasor-yiseraniy-yah-velamavet-lo'-netananiy

KJV: The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.

AKJV: The LORD has chastened me sore: but he has not given me over to death.

ASV: Jehovah hath chastened me sore;

YLT: Jah hath sorely chastened me, And to death hath not given me up.

Exposition: Psalms 118:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 118:19

Hebrew

פִּתְחוּ־לִי שַׁעֲרֵי־צֶדֶק אָֽבֹא־בָם אוֹדֶה יָֽהּ׃

fitechv-liy-sha'arey-tzedeq-'avo'-vam-'vodeh-yah

KJV: Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:

AKJV: Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:

ASV: Open to me the gates of righteousness:

YLT: Open ye to me gates of righteousness, I enter into them--I thank Jah.

Exposition: Psalms 118:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 118:20

Hebrew

זֶֽה־הַשַּׁעַר לַיהוָה צַדִּיקִים יָבֹאוּ בֽוֹ׃

zeh-hasha'ar-layhvah-tzadiyqiym-yavo'v-vvo

KJV: This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.

AKJV: This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.

ASV: This is the gate of Jehovah;

YLT: This is the gate to Jehovah, The righteous enter into it.

Exposition: Psalms 118:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 118:21

Hebrew

אוֹדְךָ כִּי עֲנִיתָנִי וַתְּהִי־לִי לִֽישׁוּעָֽה׃

'vodekha-khiy-'aniytaniy-vatehiy-liy-liyshv'ah

KJV: I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.

AKJV: I will praise you: for you have heard me, and are become my salvation.

ASV: I will give thanks unto thee; for thou hast answered me,

YLT: I thank Thee, for Thou hast answered me, And art to me for salvation.

Exposition: Psalms 118:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 118:22

Hebrew

אֶבֶן מָאֲסוּ הַבּוֹנִים הָיְתָה לְרֹאשׁ פִּנָּֽה׃

'even-ma'asv-havvoniym-hayetah-lero'sh-finah

KJV: The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.

AKJV: The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.

ASV: The stone which the builders rejected

YLT: A stone the builders refused Hath become head of a corner.

Exposition: Psalms 118:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 118:23

Hebrew

מֵאֵת יְהוָה הָיְתָה זֹּאת הִיא נִפְלָאת בְּעֵינֵֽינוּ׃

me'et-yehvah-hayetah-zo't-hiy'-nifela't-ve'eyneynv

KJV: This is the LORD’S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.

AKJV: This is the LORD’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.

ASV: This is Jehovah’s doing;

YLT: From Jehovah hath this been, It is wonderful in our eyes,

Exposition: Psalms 118:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'This is the LORD’S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 118:24

Hebrew

זֶה־הַיּוֹם עָשָׂה יְהוָה נָגִילָה וְנִשְׂמְחָה בֽוֹ׃

zeh-hayvom-'ashah-yehvah-nagiylah-venishemechah-vvo

KJV: This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

AKJV: This is the day which the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

ASV: This is the day which Jehovah hath made;

YLT: This is the day Jehovah hath made, We rejoice and are glad in it.

Exposition: Psalms 118:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 118:25

Hebrew

אָנָּא יְהוָה הוֹשִׁיעָה נָּא אָֽנָּא יְהוָה הַצְלִיחָה נָּֽא׃

'ana'-yehvah-hvoshiy'ah-na'-'ana'-yehvah-hatzeliychah-na'

KJV: Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.

AKJV: Save now, I beseech you, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech you, send now prosperity.

ASV: Save now, we beseech thee, O Jehovah:

YLT: I beseech Thee, O Jehovah, save, I pray Thee, I beseech Thee, O Jehovah, prosper, I pray Thee.

Exposition: Psalms 118:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 118:26

Hebrew

בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה בֵּרַֽכְנוּכֶם מִבֵּית יְהוָֽה׃

varvkhe-hava'-veshem-yehvah-verakhenvkhem-miveyt-yehvah

KJV: Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.

AKJV: Blessed be he that comes in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.

ASV: Blessed be he that cometh in the name of Jehovah:

YLT: Blessed is he who is coming In the name of Jehovah, We blessed you from the house of Jehovah,

Exposition: Psalms 118:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 118:27

Hebrew

אֵל ׀ יְהוָה וַיָּאֶר לָנוּ אִסְרוּ־חַג בַּעֲבֹתִים עַד־קַרְנוֹת הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃

'el- -yehvah-vaya'er-lanv-'iserv-chag-va'avotiym-'ad-qarenvot-hamizevecha

KJV: God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.

AKJV: God is the LORD, which has showed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.

ASV: Jehovah is God, and he hath given us light:

YLT: God is Jehovah, and He giveth to us light, Direct ye the festal-sacrifice with cords, Unto the horns of the altar.

Exposition: Psalms 118:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 118:28

Hebrew

אֵלִי אַתָּה וְאוֹדֶךָּ אֱלֹהַי אֲרוֹמְמֶֽךָּ׃

'eliy-'atah-ve'vodekha-'elohay-'arvomemekha

KJV: Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee.

AKJV: You are my God, and I will praise you: you are my God, I will exalt you.

ASV: Thou art my God, and I will give thanks unto thee:

YLT: My God Thou art , and I confess Thee, My God, I exalt Thee.

Exposition: Psalms 118:28 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 118:29

Hebrew

הוֹדוּ לַיהוָה כִּי־טוֹב כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃

hvodv-layhvah-khiy-tvov-khiy-le'volam-chasedvo

KJV: O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

AKJV: O give thanks to the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.

ASV: Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good;

YLT: Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age, is His kindness!

Exposition: Psalms 118:29 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.