“God is the Lord, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.”
The LORD is God, and he has given us light. Bind the festal offering with cords to the horns of the altar. The affirmation of God as light-giver ('given us light') connects to the ritual binding of the 'festal offering' to 'the horns of the altar.' The ritual enacts the theological recognition. This verse combines doctrinal and cultic dimensions.
Church Fathers on Psalms 118:27
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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