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    Psalms 118

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    A rejected building stone becomes the cornerstone, and the psalm offers no foreman’s explanation for the astonishing promotion.

    The cry and the answervv. 1–9

    The song opens by summoning Israel, the house of Aaron, and all who fear the LORD into one repeated sentence. Then a distressed voice tells of being answered and set free, standing under the LORD’s protection while human strength, even princely strength, is politely demoted.

    Bees, thorns, and survivalvv. 10–18

    The enemies arrive in every available direction: nations surround the speaker, then swarm like bees, only to be extinguished like burning thorns. The speaker has been pushed nearly to a fall, but the LORD helps; the result is not a quiet escape but shouts in the tents of the righteous and a vow to live long enough to proclaim what happened.

    The gate, the stone, and the altarvv. 19–29

    The rescued speaker asks for the gates of righteousness and is told that the LORD’s gate is where the righteous enter. Then comes the splendid architectural surprise: the rejected stone is now the cornerstone. Joy follows, alongside a prayer for salvation, a blessing from the house of the LORD, and the wonderfully practical instruction to fasten the festal sacrifice to the altar’s horns.

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    1. Ps 118:1Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

    2. Ps 118:2Let Israel say, “His loving devotion endures forever.”

    3. Ps 118:3Let the house of Aaron say, “His loving devotion endures forever.”

    4. Ps 118:4Let those who fear the LORD say, “His loving devotion endures forever.”

    5. Ps 118:5In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.

    6. Ps 118:6The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

    7. Ps 118:7The LORD is on my side; He is my helper. Therefore I will look in triumph on those who hate me.

    8. Ps 118:8It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.

    9. Ps 118:9It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.

    10. Ps 118:10All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

    11. Ps 118:11They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

    12. Ps 118:12They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

    13. Ps 118:13I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me.

    14. Ps 118:14The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.

    15. Ps 118:15Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!

    16. Ps 118:16The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!”

    17. Ps 118:17I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.

    18. Ps 118:18The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.

    19. Ps 118:19Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD.

    20. Ps 118:20This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.

    21. Ps 118:21I will give You thanks, for You have answered me, and You have become my salvation.

    22. Ps 118:22The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

    23. Ps 118:23This is from the LORD, and it is marvelous in our eyes.

    24. Ps 118:24This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

    25. Ps 118:25O LORD, save us, we pray. We beseech You, O LORD, cause us to prosper!

    26. Ps 118:26Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you.

    27. Ps 118:27The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.

    28. Ps 118:28You are my God, and I will give You thanks. You are my God, and I will exalt You.

    29. Ps 118:29Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

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    Where this is echoed

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    • 24Psalms 84:10For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
    • 22Luke 20:17But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?
    • 6Hebrews 13:6So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
    • 22Matthew 21:42Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
    • 221 Peter 2:4–8As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
    • 22Acts 4:11This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
    • 6Romans 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
    • 8Psalms 40:4Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
    • 22Mark 12:10–11Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
    • 22Ephesians 2:20–22built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
    • 6Psalms 56:4In God, whose word I praise—in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
    • 8Jeremiah 17:5–7This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
    • 17John 11:4When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
    • 8Psalms 62:8–9Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
    • 6Psalms 56:11in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
    • 8Micah 7:5–7Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.

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