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With boughs in hand, join in the festal procession up to the horns of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/118.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The LORD is God, shining upon us. Take the sacrifice and bind it with cords on the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/118.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD is God, and he has made his light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords, up to the horns of the altar!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/118.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/118.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />God <i>is</i> the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, <i>even</i> unto the horns of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/118.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />God <i>is</i> the LORD, And He has given us light; Bind the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/118.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD is God, and He has given us light; Bind the festival sacrifice to the horns of the altar with cords.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/118.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The LORD is God, and He has given us light; Bind the festival sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/118.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />The LORD is God, and He has given us light; Bind the festival sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/118.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Yahweh is God, and He has given us light; Bind the festival sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/118.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The LORD is God, and He has given us light [illuminating us with His grace and freedom and joy]. Bind the festival sacrifices with cords to the horns of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/118.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD is God and has given us light. Bind the festival sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/118.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD is God and has given us light. Bind the festival sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/118.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Jehovah is God, and he hath given us light: Bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/118.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD is our God, and he has given us light! Start the celebration! March with palm branches all the way to the altar. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/118.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The LORD is God, and he hath given us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/118.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD is God, and he has given us light. March in a festival procession with branches to the horns of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/118.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD is God; he has been good to us. With branches in your hands, start the festival and march around the altar. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/118.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD is God—he will be our light! Bind the festival sacrifice with ropes to the horn at the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/118.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/118.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD is God and he has delivered us. Tie the offering with ropes to the horns of the altar! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/118.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The LORD is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/118.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />God is the LORD, who hath shown us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/118.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/118.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />God [is] YHWH, and He gives light to us, "" Direct the festal-sacrifice with cords, "" To the horns of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/118.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> God is Jehovah, and He giveth to us light, Direct ye the festal-sacrifice with cords, Unto the horns of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/118.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />God is Jehovah, and he will shine to us: make ye fast the festival with interweavings, even to the horns of the altar.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/118.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The Lord is God, and he hath shone upon us. Appoint a solemn day, with shady boughs, even to the horn of the alter. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/118.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 117:27>The Lord is God, and he has enlightened us. Establish a solemn day amid a dense crowd, even to the horn of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/118.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The LORD is God and has enlightened us. Join in procession with leafy branches up to the horns of the altar. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/118.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD is God, and he has given us light. Bind the festal procession with branches, up to the horns of the altar.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/118.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />O LORD, our God, enlighten us; bind our festival processions as an unbroken chain, even to the horns of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/118.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />LORD JEHOVAH, our God, shine to us and bind our holidays in chains unto the horns of the altar!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/118.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The LORD is God, and hath given us light; Order the festival procession with boughs, even unto the horns of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/118.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />God is the Lord, and he has shined upon us: celebrate the feast with thick <i>branches, binding the victims</i> even to the horns of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/118-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=14935" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/118.htm">Give Thanks to the LORD, for He is Good</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">26</span>Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you. <span class="reftext">27</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">The LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/410.htm" title="410: ’êl (N-msc) -- God, in pl. gods. Shortened from 'ayil; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty.">is God;</a> <a href="/hebrew/215.htm" title="215: way·yā·’er (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To be or become light. A primitive root; to be luminous.">He has made His light to shine</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·nū (Prep:: 1cp) -- ">upon us.</a> <a href="/hebrew/631.htm" title="631: ’is·rū- (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To tie, bind, imprison. A primitive root; to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle.">Bind</a> <a href="/hebrew/2282.htm" title="2282: ḥaḡ (N-ms) -- A festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast. Or chag; from chagag; a festival, or a victim therefor.">the festal sacrifice</a> <a href="/hebrew/5688.htm" title="5688: ba·‘ă·ḇō·ṯîm (Prep-b:: N-cp) -- Cord, rope, cordage. Or rabowth; or tabothah; the same as aboth; something intwined, i.e. A string, wreath or foliage.">with cords</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/7161.htm" title="7161: qar·nō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- From qaran; a horn; by implication, a flask, cornet; by resembl. An elephant's tooth, a corner, a peak, a ray; figuratively, power.">the horns</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: ham·miz·bê·aḥ (Art:: N-ms) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">of the altar.</a> </span><span class="reftext">28</span>You are my God, and I will give You thanks. You are my God, and I will exalt You.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/13-21.htm">Exodus 13:21</a></span><br />And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-11.htm">1 Kings 8:11</a></span><br />so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/5-14.htm">2 Chronicles 5:14</a></span><br />so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/60-1.htm">Isaiah 60:1</a></span><br />Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/60-19.htm">Isaiah 60:19-20</a></span><br />No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor. / Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/14-7.htm">Zechariah 14:7</a></span><br />It will be a unique day known only to the LORD, without day or night; but when evening comes, there will be light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-4.htm">John 1:4-5</a></span><br />In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. / The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/8-12.htm">John 8:12</a></span><br />Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-46.htm">John 12:46</a></span><br />I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-23.htm">Revelation 21:23</a></span><br />And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/22-5.htm">Revelation 22:5</a></span><br />There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/6-25.htm">Numbers 6:25</a></span><br />may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/22-29.htm">2 Samuel 22:29</a></span><br />For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/27-1.htm">Psalm 27:1</a></span><br />Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/36-9.htm">Psalm 36:9</a></span><br />For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">God is the LORD, which has showed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.</p><p class="hdg">God</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/18-21.htm">1 Kings 18:21,39</a></b></br> And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD <i>be</i> God, follow him: but if Baal, <i>then</i> follow him. And the people answered him not a word… </p><p class="hdg">shewed</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/18-28.htm">Psalm 18:28</a></b></br> For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/37-6.htm">Psalm 37:6</a></b></br> And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/esther/8-16.htm">Esther 8:16</a></b></br> The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.</p><p class="hdg">bind</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/51-18.htm">Psalm 51:18,19</a></b></br> Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/8-63.htm">1 Kings 8:63,64</a></b></br> And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/29-21.htm">1 Chronicles 29:21</a></b></br> And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, <i>even</i> a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, <i>and</i> a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:</p><p class="hdg">the horns</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/27-2.htm">Exodus 27:2</a></b></br> And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/38-2.htm">Exodus 38:2</a></b></br> And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/84-3.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/psalms/105-22.htm">Bind</a> <a href="/psalms/80-11.htm">Boughs</a> <a href="/psalms/104-12.htm">Branches</a> <a href="/psalms/116-16.htm">Cords</a> <a href="/psalms/87-7.htm">Dance</a> <a href="/psalms/74-3.htm">Direct</a> <a href="/psalms/89-15.htm">Festal</a> <a href="/psalms/81-3.htm">Festival</a> <a href="/psalms/118-18.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/psalms/114-2.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/psalms/75-10.htm">Horns</a> <a href="/psalms/106-5.htm">Join</a> <a href="/psalms/112-4.htm">Light</a> <a href="/psalms/110-4.htm">Order</a> <a href="/psalms/102-20.htm">Ordered</a> <a href="/psalms/68-24.htm">Procession</a> <a href="/psalms/116-17.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/psalms/111-6.htm">Shewed</a> <a href="/psalms/104-15.htm">Shine</a> <a href="/psalms/111-6.htm">Shown</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/6-6.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/psalms/119-61.htm">Bind</a> <a href="/songs/7-8.htm">Boughs</a> <a href="/songs/7-8.htm">Branches</a> <a href="/psalms/119-61.htm">Cords</a> <a href="/psalms/149-3.htm">Dance</a> <a href="/psalms/119-35.htm">Direct</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-22.htm">Festal</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-22.htm">Festival</a> <a href="/psalms/119-21.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/psalms/134-2.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/psalms/150-4.htm">Horns</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-21.htm">Join</a> <a href="/psalms/119-118.htm">Light</a> <a href="/psalms/119-38.htm">Order</a> <a href="/psalms/119-5.htm">Ordered</a> <a href="/songs/6-10.htm">Procession</a> <a href="/psalms/141-2.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/psalms/142-2.htm">Shewed</a> <a href="/psalms/119-135.htm">Shine</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-26.htm">Shown</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 118</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/118-1.htm">An exhortation to praise God for his mercy</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/118-5.htm">The psalmist by his experience shows how good it is to trust in God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/118-19.htm">Under the type of the psalmist the coming of Christ in his kingdom is expressed</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/118.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/118.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>The LORD is God;</b><br>This phrase affirms the monotheistic belief central to the faith of Israel, emphasizing the sovereignty and uniqueness of Yahweh. It echoes the Shema in <a href="/deuteronomy/6-4.htm">Deuteronomy 6:4</a>, "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one." This declaration sets the foundation for understanding God's authority and role as the ultimate ruler and creator. It also serves as a reminder of God's covenant relationship with His people, as seen throughout the Old Testament.<p><b>He has made His light to shine upon us.</b><br>The imagery of light is often associated with God's presence, guidance, and favor. In the context of the Psalms, light symbolizes divine revelation and salvation. This phrase can be connected to the Aaronic blessing in <a href="/numbers/6-24.htm">Numbers 6:24-26</a>, where the Lord's face shining upon His people signifies grace and peace. The light also foreshadows the coming of Jesus Christ, who is described as the "light of the world" in <a href="/john/8-12.htm">John 8:12</a>, bringing spiritual illumination and redemption.<p><b>Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.</b><br>This instruction reflects the practices of sacrificial worship in the temple, where offerings were made to God as acts of thanksgiving and atonement. The altar's horns were projections at each corner, symbolizing strength and refuge, as seen in <a href="/exodus/27-2.htm">Exodus 27:2</a>. Binding the sacrifice indicates dedication and commitment to God, aligning with the covenantal practices of Israel. This act can be seen as a type of Christ's ultimate sacrifice, where He was bound and offered for the sins of humanity, fulfilling the sacrificial system and establishing a new covenant.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal existence and faithfulness to His promises.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_altar.htm">The Altar</a></b><br>A sacred place for sacrifices in the temple, symbolizing worship and atonement.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/f/festival_sacrifice.htm">Festival Sacrifice</a></b><br>A ritual offering made during religious festivals, representing dedication and thanksgiving to God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/h/horns_of_the_altar.htm">Horns of the Altar</a></b><br>Projections on the altar's corners, symbolizing strength and refuge, often used in sacrificial rituals.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/l/light.htm">Light</a></b><br>A metaphor for God's presence, guidance, and revelation to His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_revelation.htm">God's Sovereignty and Revelation</a></b><br>Recognize that the LORD is God, sovereign over all, and He reveals Himself to us through His light, guiding and transforming our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/w/worship_and_sacrifice.htm">Worship and Sacrifice</a></b><br>Understand the importance of offering ourselves as living sacrifices, dedicating our lives to God in worship and service.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_light.htm">Symbolism of Light</a></b><br>Embrace the light of God in our lives, allowing it to illuminate our paths and reflect His glory to others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/strength_and_refuge_in_god.htm">Strength and Refuge in God</a></b><br>The horns of the altar symbolize strength and refuge; trust in God's protection and provision in times of need.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/celebration_and_thanksgiving.htm">Celebration and Thanksgiving</a></b><br>Engage in regular acts of thanksgiving and celebration of God's goodness, acknowledging His blessings and faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_118.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 118</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_septuagesima,_etc._sundays.htm">What does 'The Lord is my light and salvation' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_'wait_on_the_lord'_endure_silence.htm">(Psalm 27:14) In light of enduring suffering throughout history, how does 'waiting on the LORD' hold up against the apparent silence or absence of divine intervention?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_psalm_118_26_a_later_addition.htm">(Psalm 118:26) Can 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord' be reconciled with other Old Testament texts or is it a later theological addition?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_we_confirm_psalm_118's_origin.htm">(Psalm 118) In light of archaeological and textual studies, can we confirm its authorship or era of composition, or does uncertainty undermine its reliability?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/118.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(27) <span class= "bld">Shewed us light . . .</span>--Whether this is literal or figurative is difficult to decide. If <span class= "ital">literal, </span>it may be a repetition of <a href="/psalms/118-24.htm" title="This is the day which the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.">Psalm 118:24</a>; or if there is a particular reference in this psalm to the Feast of Tabernacles, Mr. Burgess's suggestion, which connects the light with the pillar of cloud and fire, of which that feast was very probably specially commemorative, is most worthy of notice. Figuratively the words would, of course, mean "the light of salvation and hope," as so frequently in the Psalms. It is also possible there may be allusion to the priestly benediction (<a href="/numbers/6-25.htm" title="The LORD make his face shine on you, and be gracious to you:">Numbers 6:25</a>), where the verb is the same.<p><span class= "bld">Bind the sacrifice . . .</span>--This cannot well be, "tie the victim to the horns of the altar," for the Hebrew is "as far as to," and no satisfactory explanation is possible of binding animals as far as the altar, unless we are to translate "bind and lead." But the Hebrew word rendered <span class= "ital">victim </span>might by derivation ("to go round") easily mean a <span class= "ital">circlet </span>or <span class= "ital">crown, </span>and by supplying the verb <span class= "ital">go </span>we get <span class= "ital">bind on a crown, go with garlands even to the horns of the altar. </span>The ancient versions, LXX., Vulg., Aquila, Symmachus, all point to this rendering.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/118.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 27.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">God is the Lord, which hath showed us light</span>. Having received the priestly benediction, the processionists resume their strain. They have entered within the courts; they are approaching the altar of sacrifice; they have brought their offering. "Jehovah," they say, "is God, and hath given us light" (see the Revised Version). That is, he has enlightened our spirits to see and acknowledge his mercies; or, perhaps, he has led us, as he did the people, by a pillar of fire in the wilderness; and now we stand before the altar with our offering - <span class="cmt_word">receive it at our hands, ye priests-and bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.</span> So shalt the act of thanksgiving be complete, and the solemn service ended. The fanciful exposition of Luther, lately revived by Professor Cheyne, will scarcely approve itself to critics generally. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/118-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָה֮</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֤ל ׀</span> <span class="translit">(’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_410.htm">Strong's 410: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and has made His light shine</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּ֪אֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·’er)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_216.htm">Strong's 216: </a> </span><span class="str2">Illumination, luminary</span><br /><br /><span class="word">upon us.</span><br /><span class="heb">לָ֥נוּ</span> <span class="translit">(lā·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">Bind</span><br /><span class="heb">אִסְרוּ־</span> <span class="translit">(’is·rū-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_631.htm">Strong's 631: </a> </span><span class="str2">To yoke, hitch, to fasten, to join battle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the festival sacrifice</span><br /><span class="heb">חַ֥ג</span> <span class="translit">(ḥaḡ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2282.htm">Strong's 2282: </a> </span><span class="str2">A festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with cords</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּעֲבֹתִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(ba·‘ă·ḇō·ṯîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5688.htm">Strong's 5688: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something intwined, a string, wreath, foliage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">עַד־</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the horns</span><br /><span class="heb">קַ֝רְנ֗וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(qar·nō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7161.htm">Strong's 7161: </a> </span><span class="str2">A horn, a flask, cornet, an elephant's tooth, a corner, a peak, a ray, power</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the altar.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ham·miz·bê·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> </span><span class="str2">An altar</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/118-27.htm">Psalm 118:27 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/118-27.htm">Psalm 118:27 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/118-27.htm">Psalm 118:27 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/118-27.htm">Psalm 118:27 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/118-27.htm">Psalm 118:27 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/118-27.htm">Psalm 118:27 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/118-27.htm">Psalm 118:27 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/118-27.htm">Psalm 118:27 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/118-27.htm">Psalm 118:27 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/118-27.htm">Psalm 118:27 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/118-27.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 118:27 Yahweh is God and he has given (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/118-26.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 118:26"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 118:26" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/118-28.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 118:28"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 118:28" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>