Psalm 118:24 (BSB)

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

From Psalms 118. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Psalm 118:24

• John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Psalm 118:1-29: 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.
• C.H. Spurgeon (Reformed Baptist), The Treasury of David on Psalm 118:24: This is the day which the Lord hath made. A new era has commenced. The day of David's enthronement was the beginning of better times for Israel; and in a far higher sense the day of our Lord's resurrection is a new day of God's own making, for it is the dawn of a blessed dispensation.
• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Psalm 118:19-29: 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.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Psalm 118:24: God is the Lord, which hath showed us light,.... These are the words of the people, acknowledging divine favours; particularly that the Lord had caused his face to shine upon them, as the priest wished for, Num 6:25. The Lord might be said to show them light, by sending the Messiah to them, who came a light into the world; by making a Gospel day...