Translation: ESV
Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!
God's goodness and eternal steadfast love are the basis for praise in every situation.
▸This is the last of the Hallel Psalms and the longest praise psalm.
This is the last of the Hallel Psalms and the longest praise psalm. It has a structure that begins and ends with God's goodness and eternal steadfast love. When the crowds welcomed Jesus entering Jerusalem, they sang from this psalm (vv. 25-26).
The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?
The conviction that God is on my side enables one to stand without fear before all human threats.
▸The conviction that God is on my side removes all fear.
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
Trusting in God is fundamentally better than trusting in human beings.
▸This is the central verse of Psalm 118 and is traditionally considered the middle verse of the entire Bible.
The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
The reversal history of God making what the world rejected and discarded into his cornerstone has been accomplished in Christ.
▸This is one of the most frequently quoted Old Testament verses in the New Testament.
This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Today is the day God has appointed; rejoicing and being glad in it is the believer's attitude toward life.
▸This is the command to rejoice and be glad on the day God has appointed—the day of salvation, the day of restoration.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD! We bless you from the house of the LORD.
Declaring blessed the Messiah who comes in the name of the LORD is the confession of faith that receives Christ.
▸This is the verse the crowd cried out toward Jesus at the triumphal entry (Matt.