As our Lord Jesus rode down from the Mount of Olives into Jerusalem, the crowds went wild with enthusiasm (Luke 19:37-38). Their shouts came from Psalm 118:26.
Several days later, the Lord quoted from Psalm 118:22-23, as he warns the hard-hearted of impending judgment (Luke 20:17-18).
This Psalm is part of the Great Hallel and is the "hymn" that the disciples sang as the concluded the last Passover and first Lord's Supper.
The middle portion of this Psalm points us to an event in the life of David, when King Saul demanded 100 foreskins from the Philistines as the bride-price for his daughter Michal (1 Samuel 18:20-29).
Mitchell Dahood translates verses 10-12: All nations surrounded me, but in Yahweh's name indeed I cut off their foreskins. They surrounded me, surrounded me completely, but in Yahweh's name indeed I cut off their foreskins. They surrounded me like bees, they crackled like a fire of thorns, but in Yahweh's name indeed I cut off their foreskins.
The whole of this Psalm points to the Suffering Servant who is also the Reigning King.
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After serving Grace Presbyterian Church in Alexandria, Louisiana, Bob was honorably retired on Sunday, September 27, 2015, and given the title "Pastor Emeritus." This was forty years to the day after he became their pastor.
He now works for the Presbytery of the Gulf South as...