Psalm 118:14

14 The LORD is my strength and my defense^[a] ; he has become my salvation.

Psalm 118:14 in Other Translations

14 The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.

14 The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.

14 The LORD is my strength and my song; he has given me victory.

14 God's my strength, he's also my song, and now he's my salvation.

14 Jehovah is my strength and song; And he is become my salvation.

14 The LORD is my strength and my song. He is my savior.

14 The Lord is my strength and my song; He has become my salvation.

14 The LORD gives me strength. I sing about him. He has saved me.

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 They swarmed around me like bees, but they were consumed as quickly as burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them down.

13 I was pushed back and about to fall, but the LORD helped me.

14 The LORD is my strength and my defense ; he has become my salvation.

15 Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous: “The LORD’s right hand has done mighty things!

16 The LORD’s right hand is lifted high; the LORD’s right hand has done mighty things!”

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 15:2
• 2. S Psalms 62:2; Isaiah 12:2

Footnotes

• [a] Or "song"