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Psalm 118:22

The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

20This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous will enter into it.
21I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have become my salvation.
22The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
23This is the LORD’s doing. It is marvelous in our eyes.
24This is the day that the LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!
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Notice

The rejected stone becomes essential to the building, unsettling confidence in the builders’ judgment and drawing attention to the Lord’s reversal.

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Isaiah 28:16Therefore the Lord GOD says, “Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall …Both passages describe a cornerstone whose place depends on the Lord’s work; Isaiah names it as precious and a sure foundation.
Luke 20:17But he looked at them and said, “Then what is this that is written, ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the chief cornerstone’?Jesus quotes the rejected stone becoming the cornerstone, directing his hearers back to the reversal described in the psalm.
Matthew 21:42Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It …Jesus quotes both the rejected stone’s new place and the next verse’s declaration that this was the Lord’s doing.
1 Peter 2:4–8Come to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.Both describe a rejected stone; Peter describes the living stone as rejected by people yet chosen and precious to God.
Acts 4:11He is ‘the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.’Acts repeats the psalm’s reversal and addresses the builders as those who regarded the stone as worthless.
Mark 12:10–11Haven’t you even read this Scripture: ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the head of the corner.Mark records the same Scripture about builders rejecting the stone that becomes the head of the corner.
Ephesians 2:20–22being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;Both use the cornerstone image; Ephesians names Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone of the building it describes.
Zechariah 4:7Who are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you are a plain; and he will bring out the capstone with shouts of ‘Grace, grace, to it!’”Both feature a prominent building stone, though Zechariah describes Zerubbabel bringing out a capstone rather than a rejected stone.
Romans 9:33even as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.”Both use a stone image with a negative human response: rejection by builders in the psalm, stumbling and offense in Romans.
Luke 24:44He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms …Luke does not name this verse; the link is Jesus’ statement that the psalms contain things concerning him.
Job 38:6What were its foundations fastened on? Or who laid its cornerstone,Both use a cornerstone in a building image; Job asks who laid it, while the psalm describes its rejection and elevation.
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Encouragement

Human rejection does not decide the stone’s place. The next verse credits the Lord with this reversal; the builders’ verdict could not overrule his work.

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