Psalms 118:14

14 Yah [is] my strength and [my] song, and he has become my salvation.

Psalms 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 ) .

Psalms 118:14 In-Context

12 They surrounded me like bees; they were extinguished like a fire of thorns. In the name of Yahweh I opposed them indeed.

13 You pushed me hard to [make me] fall, but Yahweh helped me.

14 Yah [is] my strength and [my] song, and he has become my salvation.

15 [The] sound of rejoicing and salvation [is] in [the] tents of [the] righteous; the right hand of Yahweh [has] done valiantly.

16 The right hand of Yahweh [has] exalted; the right hand of Yahweh [has] done valiantly.

Footnotes

• [a]. A shortened form of "Yahweh"
• [b]. Or "[my] might"
• [c]. Or "victory"