Psalm 118:21-23

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I will give thanks to You, for You have heard and answered me;
And You have become my salvation [my Rescuer, my Savior].

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The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the ^[a]chief corner stone.
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This is from the Lord and is His doing;
It is marvelous in our eyes.^(A)

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Footnotes

Psalm 118:22 This refers either to the prominent stone at the top of a corner tower, or perhaps more likely to the stone at the foundation of a corner, the first stone laid for a structure (cf Eph 2:20). The special significance of the latter is that the shape of its sides determined how the walls were laid out. The verse refers prophetically to Jesus the Messiah (see Matt 21:42 etc.), but the ancient rabbis interpreted it as a reference to David, who started as a humble shepherd, not the background one would expect for a king. Some prophetic passages refer to an event in the past that is a precursor or foreshadowing of the future prophetic event.