Psalm 118:14

14 Der HERR ist meine Macht und mein Psalm und ist mein Heil.

Psalm 118:14 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 118:14

The Lord [is] my strength and song
It being in the name of the Lord the enemies of the psalmist were destroyed; and having obtained help of him when sore thrust at, he gives him all the glory, and ascribes nothing to himself. It was the Lord that strengthened him, helped him, and gave him the victory. The Lord is the author and giver of strength, natural and spiritual; he is the "strength" of the hearts and lives of his people, and of their salvation; and therefore is their "song", the matter of it: they sing of his nature and perfections, of his works of providence and grace, of his righteousness and salvation, as follows:

and is become my salvation;
the author of temporal, spiritual, and eternal salvation; which the psalmist saw his interest in, and was assured of, and therefore sung praise on that account; see ( Exodus 15:2 ) ( Isaiah 12:2 ) .

Psalm 118:14 In-Context

12 Sie umgeben mich wie Bienen; aber sie erlöschen wie Feuer in Dornen; im Namen des HERRN will ich sie zerhauen.

13 Man stößt mich, daß ich fallen soll; aber der HERR hilft mir.

14 Der HERR ist meine Macht und mein Psalm und ist mein Heil.

15 Man singt mit Freuden vom Sieg in den Hütten der Gerechten: "Die Rechte des HERRN behält den Sieg;

16 die Rechte des HERRN ist erhöht; die Rechte des HERRN behält den Sieg!"