118:22 The stone which the builders discarded 1
has become the cornerstone. 2
118:26 May the one who comes in the name of the Lord 3 be blessed!
We will pronounce blessings on you 4 in the Lord’s temple. 5
1 tn Or “rejected.”
2 tn Heb “the head of the corner.”
sn 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 sn The people refer here to the psalmist, who enters the
4 tn The pronominal suffix is second masculine plural, but the final mem (ם) is probably dittographic (note the mem [מ] 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.
5 tn Heb “from the house of the