John Calvin Reformed @genevareformer

PSALM 118 At the time when this psalm was penned, whenever that was, David having attained to the possession of royal power, and aware that he reigned for the common safety of the Church, calls upon all the children of Abraham to ponder attentively this grace. He also recounts his dangers, the magnitude and variety of which would have slain him a hundred times, had not God wonderfully succored him.

Commenting on Psalm 118:1-29

C.H. Spurgeon Reformed Baptist @princeofpreachers

This is the Lord'S doing. The exalted position of Christ in his church is not the work of man, and does not depend for its continuation upon any builders or ministers; God himself has wrought the exaltation of our Lord Jesus.

Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

We have here an illustrious prophecy of the humiliation and exaltation of our Lord Jesus, his sufferings, and the glory that should follow. Peter thus applies it directly to the chief priests and scribes, and none of them could charge him with misapplying it, Act 4:11. Now observe here, I. The preface with which this precious prophecy is introduced, Psa 118:19-21. 1.

Commenting on Psalm 118:19-29