Psalms 118:22

The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REFUSED IS BECOME THE HEAD STONE OF THE CORNER. "The stone" is the foundation-stone of the temple laid by Zerubbabel, an earnest of the whole temple, in building which the adversaries of Judah thwarted him, but he was enabled 'by the Spirit of the Lord' to "bring forth the head stone thereof, with shoutings ... Grace, grace, unto it" (; Zechariah 4:6: cf. Ezra 3:10; Ezra 4:1). Messiah is the antitypical "stone," the "foundation" laid by the Father for the spiritual temple, the Church ...

22_The stone which the builders rejected _In these words David boldly pours contempt on the calumnies with which he was unjustly and undeservedly assailed. As there was something ominous in his being condemned by the entire assemblage of the nobles, and all those who were invested with authority, and as the opinion was prevalent, that he was a wicked and rejected man; this error he deliberately refutes, and vindicates his innocence in the face of the principal men among them. “It is of little importance to me that I am abandoned by the chief men, seeing I have been visibly chosen by the judgment of God to be king over Israel.” The similitude which he employs is appropriate, comparing himself to _a stone, _and the principal rulers of the Church to _master-builders _It might, indeed, appear most irrational on his part to assert that the heads of the realm, to whom the government of the Chu...

19-29 Those who saw Christ's day at so great a distance, saw cause to praise God for the prospect. The prophecy, ver...

Verse Psalms 118:22-19. _THE STONE_ WHICH _THE BUILDERS REFUSED_] See a full elucidation of these two verses in _Clarke's notes on "_Matthew 21:42_"_....

THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REFUSED - See the notes at Matthew 21:42. Compare Mark 12:10; Acts 4:11; 1 Peter 2:7. This is an allusion to a building, as if a stone should be cast away by workmen as unfit to be worked into the edifice. The figure would then be applicable to anyone who, for any purpose, was rejected. Thus it might have been applied many a time to David; so, doubtless, to others who urged claims to authority and power; and so, eminently, to the Lord Jesus Christ. We are not to suppose that this had original reference to the Messiah, but the language was applicable to him; and it is used in the passages

EXPOSITION AN antiphonal hymn, composed for a joyful occasion, when there was to be a procession to the temple, a welcoming of the procession by those inside, and the solemn offering of a sacrifice upon the altar there. Dr. Kay's conjecture, that the occasion was the joyful Passover which followed the dedication of the second temple in B.C. 516 (Ezra 6:19-15), is not improbable, though it cannot be regarded as more than a reasonable hypo thesis. The first eighteen verses are the song of the procession as it winds its way slowly up the hill to the great gate of the temple, sung alternately, as it would seem, by the two halves of the procession. Psalms 118:19 is the utterance of the leader, in the name of the whole hand, on their arrival before the gates....

THE STONE [WHICH] THE BUILDERS REFUSED,.... This is not Zerubabel, according to the sense of some Jews, as Theodoret suggests; nor the people of Israel, as Jarchi and Kimchi; nor David, as the Targum, which paraphrases the words, "the child the builders despised was among the sons of Jesse, and deserved to be appointed a king and a governor.'' He doubtless was a type of Christ, and there was some shadow of what is here said in him: he was refused by all the tribes but Judah; Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, was set upon the throne, though afterwards all Israel and Judah united in making David king, 2 Samuel 2:8. But the Messiah is intended, as some ancient Jewish writers e own, and Jarchi himself elsewhere f confesses; and which is certain from the quotation and application of this passage to Christ, in...

May the Good Spirit, who taught the psalmist to indite these words help us to feel their inward meaning! Psalms 118:1. _O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever._ Now, do that, dear friends. Before we read another verse let us do that. In your hearts think of the goodness and mercy of God to you-to each one as an individual, and give him thanks now: no murmuring, no coldness of heart. Cast out everything, and give God thanks at this moment. It is the least we can do. It is to our own benefit to be grateful. How can we be holy if we are deficient in that simple matter? « Oh give thanks unto Jehovah, for he is good, because his mercy endureth for ever.» Psalms 118:2. _Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever._...

THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REFUSED See "Christ (as Stone)," (_ See Scofield) - (Exodus 17:6). _ (_ See Scofield) - (1 Peter 2:8). _ Psalm 118 looks beyond the rejection of the Stone (Christ) to His final exaltation in the kingdom (Psalms 118:22). See Psalm 2, first of the Messianic Psalms....

PSALM 118-119 Psalms 118 Christ the Head of the Corner _ 1. His mercy endureth forever (Psalms 118:1)_ 2. The past experience (Psalms 118:8) 3. Jehovah My Salvation (Psalms 118:13) 4. The rejected stone the head of the corner (Psalms 118:20) This Psalm is the last one which is used from ancient times by the Jews in celebrating the Passover in the home. The Psalms sung begin with Psalms 113:1 and end