Psalmen 118:14

14 De HEERE is mijn Sterkte en Psalm, want Hij is mij tot heil geweest.

Psalmen 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 ) .

Psalmen 118:14 In-Context

12 Zij hadden mij omringd als bijen; zij zijn uitgeblust als een doornenvuur; het is in den Naam des HEEREN, dat ik ze verhouwen heb.

13 Gij hadt mij zeer hard gestoten, tot vallens toe, maar de HEERE heeft mij geholpen.

14 De HEERE is mijn Sterkte en Psalm, want Hij is mij tot heil geweest.

15 In de tenten der rechtvaardigen is een stem des gejuichs en des heils; de rechterhand des HEEREN doet krachtige daden.

16 De rechterhand des HEEREN is verhoogd; de rechterhand des HEEREN doet krachtige daden.