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Psalm 118:24
This is the day that the LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!
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!
25Save us now, we beg you, LORD! LORD, we beg you, send prosperity now.
26Blessed is he who comes in the LORD’s name! We have blessed you out of the LORD’s house.
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The gladness of this day follows the rejected stone becoming the cornerstone, giving the people’s joy a concrete cause in YHWH’s work.
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Psalm 84:10For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.Both value a day in relation to the LORD: one celebrates the day he made, the other treasures a day in his courts.
Isaiah 58:13“If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy of the LORD honorable, and …Both connect a day with delight in the LORD, though Isaiah names the Sabbath and Psalm 118 does not.
Nehemiah 8:10Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today is holy to our Lord. Don’t …Both connect the present day with joy rooted in the LORD; Nehemiah also directs the people to share food.
2 Chronicles 20:26–28On the fourth day, they assembled themselves in Beracah Valley, for there they blessed the LORD. Therefore the name of that place was called “Beracah Valley” …Both describe people praising the LORD on a particular day; Chronicles names their gathering place as Beracah Valley.
Revelation 1:10I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpetBoth speak of a day in relation to the Lord, without establishing that they mean the same day.
1 Kings 8:66On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad in their hearts for all the goodness that the …Joy and gladness follow the LORD’s work in both passages; Kings names his goodness toward David and Israel.
John 20:19–20When therefore it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, …Both mark a particular day; the psalm celebrates the LORD’s work, while John records Jesus coming to frightened disciples.
Acts 20:7On the first day of the week, when the disciples were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day; and …The shared thread is a day of communal faith: rejoicing in the psalm, gathering to break bread in Acts.
Matthew 28:1–8Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.Both mark a day, though Matthew names a visit to the tomb and the psalm celebrates the LORD’s work.
Zechariah 3:9For, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua: on one stone are seven eyes; behold, I will engrave its inscription,’ says the LORD of Armies, ‘and I …A stone and a day marked by the LORD’s action appear in both passages, with Zechariah promising removal of iniquity.
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The plea for rescue comes right after the rejoicing. There is room to praise God while help is still needed; this gladness rests on what YHWH has done.
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