Psalms 118:27
God is the Lord, and he giveth us light: bind the festive sacrifice with cords, [leading it] up to the horns of the altar.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
26Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord: we bless you out of the house of the Lord.
28Thou art my God, and I will thank thee: my God, I will exalt thee.
Cross References
Exodus 27:2And thou shalt make its horns on its four corners, from itself shall its horns be; and thou shalt overlay it with copper.
1 Kings 8:63And Solomon offered [as] the sacrifice of peace-offering which he offered unto the Lord, two and twenty thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. And thus did the king and all the children of Israel dedicate the house of the Lord.
1 Kings 18:39And when all the people saw this, they fell on their faces; and they said, the Lord—he is the God; the Lord—he is the God.
Esther 8:16For the Jews there was light, with joy and gladness, and honor.
Psalms 37:6And he will bring forth as the light thy righteousness, and the justice of thy [cause] as the noonday.
Isaiah 9:2(9:1) The people that walk in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death—a light shineth brightly over them.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 118:20-29
David Triumphs in God; The Humiliation and Exaltation of the Messiah. 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord : 20 This gate of the Lord , into which the righteous shall enter. 21 I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. 22 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. 23 This is the Lord 's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. 24 This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in… Read the whole commentary →