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Commentary for Psalms 118:27

אֵ֤ל ׀ יְהוָה֮ וַיָּ֪אֶר לָ֥נוּ אִסְרוּ־חַ֥ג בַּעֲבֹתִ֑ים עַד־קַ֝רְנ֗וֹת הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃

The LORD is God, and hath given us light; Order the festival procession with boughs, even unto the horns of the altar.

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Bind the sacrifice with ropes The sacrifices and the festival offerings, which were clean and examined for a blemish, they would bind to the feet of their beds until they brought them to the Temple court at the corners of the altar. It is also possible to interpret the entire end of this psalm from (verse 17), “I shall not die but I shall live,” as referring to David himself:
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[18] God has chastised me For the episode of Bath sheba with torments, e.g. (II Sam. 12:6): “And the ewe-lamb he shall repay fourfold.” David was stricken with zaraath for six months.
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but He has not delivered me to death (II Sam. 13) “Also the Lord has removed your sin; you shall not die.”
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