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Psalm 118:15
The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. “The right hand of the LORD does valiantly.
13You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but the LORD helped me.
14The LORD is my strength and song. He has become my salvation.
15The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. “The right hand of the LORD does valiantly.
16The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD does valiantly!”
17I will not die, but live, and declare the LORD’s works.
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The tents ring with rejoicing because YHWH has saved, turning rescue from danger into praise that can be heard among his people.
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Acts 2:46–47Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart,Both passages describe joy where God’s people live, in the tents of the righteous and in homes where believers share food.
Psalm 89:13You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.Both passages praise God’s strength through the language of his hand, with special attention to his right hand.
Psalm 60:12Through God we will do valiantly, for it is he who will tread down our adversaries.Both passages credit God with victory: Psalm 118 celebrates his saving strength, while Psalm 60 expects victory over adversaries through him.
Psalm 98:1A Psalm. Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.Both connect salvation with the LORD’s right hand and describe praise in response to what he has done.
Exodus 15:6Your right hand, LORD, is glorious in power. Your right hand, LORD, dashes the enemy in pieces.Both celebrate the power of the LORD’s right hand; Exodus describes that power dashing the enemy in pieces.
Psalm 33:1Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the upright.Both associate the righteous with rejoicing in the LORD, whose deeds are praised in Psalm 118.
Luke 1:51He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.Both describe God’s strength through bodily language: his right hand in the psalm and his arm in Luke.
Revelation 18:20“Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and prophets, for God has judged your judgment on her.”Both connect rejoicing among God’s people with his action, celebrating salvation in the psalm and judgment in Revelation.
Isaiah 65:13Therefore the Lord GOD says, “Behold, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry; behold, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, my …Both speak of joy among those who belong to God, naming them as the righteous and as his servants.
Acts 16:34He brought them up into his house and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly with all his household, having believed in God.Both locate rejoicing where people live: the tents of the righteous and the house of a man who believed in God.
Numbers 23:21He has not seen iniquity in Jacob. Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel. The LORD his God is with him. The shout of a king is among them.Both describe a raised voice among God’s people: rejoicing in the tents and a king’s shout among Israel.
Revelation 19:1–5After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God;Both portray audible praise that joins salvation with God’s power, heard in the tents and from a multitude in heaven.
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The rejoicing follows a hard push toward ruin and YHWH’s help. There is substance beneath this song: the people celebrate the strength of the God who saved them.
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