Psalms 118:25 (LSB)

Passage

O Yahweh, save! O Yahweh, succeed!

Nearby Context

Psalms 118:23 This is from Yahweh; It is marvelous in our eyes.

Psalms 118:24 This is the day which Yahweh has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalms 118:25 O Yahweh, save! O Yahweh, succeed!

Psalms 118:26 Blessed is the one who comes in the name of Yahweh; We have blessed you from the house of Yahweh.

Psalms 118:27 Yahweh is God, and He has given us light; Bind the festival sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "yahweh", "save", and "succeed". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "yahweh" and "save", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "This is the day which Yahweh has..." into verse 26's "Blessed is the one who comes in...", so "yahweh" and "save" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "yahweh" and "save" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.