Psalms 118:19
You gatekeepers, open for me the gates of the temple in order that I may enter and thank Yahweh.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:
In Context
18Yahweh has punished me severely, but he has not allowed ◄me to die/ my enemies to kill me►.
Cross References
Psalms 66:13Yahweh, I will bring to your temple offerings that are to be completely burned on the altar; I will offer to you what I promised.
Psalms 95:2We should thank him as we come before him, and sing ◄joyful songs/joyfully► as we praise him.
Psalms 116:18When I am together with many of [HYP] the people who belong to Yahweh, in the courtyard outside his temple in Jerusalem, I will give to him the offerings that I solemnly promised to give to him. Praise Yahweh!
Isaiah 38:20I know that Yahweh will fully heal me, so I will sing to praise him while others praise him playing musical instruments; I will do that every day of my life, in the temple of Yahweh.”
Revelation 22:14God is very pleased with the people who wash their robes, making themselves spiritually clean [MET], because they will be able to eat the fruit of [MTY] the tree that enables people to live forever, and because they will be able to enter the gates into the holy city.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 118:2-19
Goodness of God Celebrated; Grateful Acknowledgments. 1 O give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. 3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. 4 Let them now that fear the Lord say, that his mercy endureth for ever. 5 I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place. 6 The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? 7 The Lord taketh my part… Read the whole commentary →