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Psalm 118:22–26

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118:22The stone which the builders discarded26

has become the cornerstone.27

118:23This is the Lord’s work.

We consider it amazing!28

118:24This is the day the Lord has brought about.29

We will be happy and rejoice in it.

118:25Please Lord, deliver!

Please Lord, grant us success!30

118:26May the one who comes in the name of the Lord31 be blessed!

We will pronounce blessings on you32 in the Lord’s temple.33

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Psalm 118:24: This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Footnotes

  1. 26 Or “rejected.”
  2. 27 Heb “the head of the corner.” The metaphor of the stone … the builders discarded describes the way in which God’s deliverance reversed the psalmist’s circumstances. When he was in distress, he was like a stone which was discarded by builders as useless, but now that he has been vindicated by God, all can see that he is of special importance to God, like the cornerstone of the building.
  3. 28 Heb “it is amazing in our eyes.” The use of the plural pronoun here and in vv. 24–27 suggests that the psalmist may be speaking for the entire nation. However, it is more likely that vv. 22–27 are the people’s response to the psalmist’s thanksgiving song (see especially v. 26). They rejoice with him because his deliverance on the battlefield (see vv. 10–12) had national repercussions.
  4. 29 Heb “this is the day the Lord has made.” Though sometimes applied in a general way, this statement in its context refers to the day of deliverance which the psalmist and people celebrate.
  5. 30 A petition for deliverance and success seems odd in a psalm thanking God for deliverance, but it is not unique (see Ps 9:19–20). The people ask God to continue to intervene for them as he has for the psalmist.
  6. 31 The people refer here to the psalmist, who enters the Lord’s temple to thank him publicly (see vv. 19–21), as the one who comes in the name of the Lord.
  7. 32 The pronominal suffix is second masculine plural, but the final mem (ם) is probably dittographic (note the mem [ם] at the beginning of the following form) or enclitic, in which case the suffix may be taken as second masculine singular, referring to the psalmist.
  8. 33 Heb “from the house of the Lord.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The stone that the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone.

This is the Lord’s doing;

it is marvelous in our eyes.

This is the day that the Lord has made;

let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Save us, we pray, O Lord!

O Lord, we pray, give us success!

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

We bless you from the house of the Lord.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The stone the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone;

the Lord has done this,

and it is marvelous in our eyes.

The Lord has done it this very day;

let us rejoice today and be glad.

Lord, save us!

Lord, grant us success!

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

From the house of the Lord we bless you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The stone that the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone.

This came from the Lord;

it is wondrous in our sight.

This is the day the Lord has made;

let’s rejoice and be glad in it.

Lord, save us!

Lord, please grant us success!

He who comes in the name

of the Lord is blessed.

From the house of the Lord we bless you.

NLTNew Living Translation

The stone that the builders rejected

has now become the cornerstone.

This is the Lord’s doing,

and it is wonderful to see.

This is the day the Lord has made.

We will rejoice and be glad in it.

Please, Lord, please save us.

Please, Lord, please give us success.

Bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord.

We bless you from the house of the Lord.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The stone the builders rejected

has become the chief cornerstone.

This is from Yahweh;

it is wonderful in our eyes.

This is the day Yahweh has worked;

let us rejoice and be glad in him.

O Yahweh, please save;

O Yahweh, please grant success.

Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh.

We bless you from the house of Yahweh.

KJV 1900King James Version

The stone which the builders refused

Is become the head stone of the corner.

This is the Lord’s doing;

It is marvellous in our eyes.

This is the day which the Lord hath made;

We will rejoice and be glad in it.

Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord:

O Lord, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.

Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord:

We have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.