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Psalm 118:26
Blessed is he who comes in the LORD’s name! We have blessed you out of the LORD’s house.
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.
27The LORD is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
28You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you.
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A blessing spoken from YHWH’s house turns an arrival into an act of worship, with YHWH’s name at its center.
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Luke 19:38saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!”Luke echoes the blessing on the one who comes in the Lord’s name and identifies the arriving person as King.
Matthew 21:9The multitudes who went in front of him, and those who followed, kept shouting, “Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! …Matthew’s crowds repeat the psalm’s blessing on the one who comes in the Lord’s name, alongside their cries of Hosanna.
Matthew 23:39For I tell you, you will not see me from now on, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’”Jesus quotes the psalm’s blessing and links his hearers seeing him again with their speaking these words.
John 12:13they took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet him, and cried out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of …John’s crowd takes up the psalm’s blessing while carrying palm branches and naming the one who comes as Israel’s King.
Luke 13:35Behold, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’”Luke includes the psalm’s blessing in Jesus’ words about seeing him again, following a warning that their house is left desolate.
Mark 11:9–10Those who went in front and those who followed cried out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!Those going ahead and following in Mark cry out the same blessing on the one who comes in the Lord’s name.
Ruth 2:4Behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, “May the LORD be with you.” They answered him, “May the LORD bless you.”Both passages record people speaking blessing in the LORD’s name, with Ruth showing that exchange between Boaz and the reapers.
Psalm 128:5May the LORD bless you out of Zion, and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.Both speak of blessing coming from a named place: the LORD’s house in Psalm 118 and Zion in Psalm 128.
Psalm 129:8Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of the LORD be on you. We bless you in the LORD’s name.”Both contain words of blessing in the LORD’s name, though Psalm 129 describes those words being withheld.
Psalm 134:3May the LORD bless you from Zion, even he who made heaven and earth.Both connect blessing with a place associated with the LORD: his house in Psalm 118 and Zion in Psalm 134.
Exodus 5:23For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people. You have not rescued your people at all!”Both speak of coming in God’s name; Exodus pairs that coming with trouble and a complaint that rescue has not come.
1 Kings 8:14The king turned his face around and blessed all the assembly of Israel; and all the assembly of Israel stood.Both describe a blessing spoken to others; Kings identifies the speaker as the king and the recipients as Israel’s assembly.
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Praise has a human voice here: people speak blessing to someone who comes in YHWH’s name. Worship in his house includes words addressed to another person.
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