“All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord will I destroy them.”
All nations surrounded me; in the name of the LORD I cut them off. The speaker faces international opposition ('all nations surrounded me') but overcomes through God's name ('in the name of the LORD I cut them off'). The victory is attributed entirely to God. This verse portrays decisive triumph through divine invocation.
Church Fathers on Psalms 118:10
1. ...We are taught in this Psalm, when we chaunt Allelujah, which means, Praise the Lord, that we should, when we hear the words, “Confess unto the Lord” Psalm 117:1, praise the Lord. The praise of God could not be expressed in fewer words than these, “For He is good.” I see not what can be more solemn than this brevity, since goodness is so peculiarly the quality of God, that the Son of God Himself when addressed by some one as “Good Master,” by one, namely, who beholding…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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