Psalms 118:19-22

118:19 Open for me the gates of the just king’s temple! ¹ 

I will enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.

118:20 This is the Lord’s gate –

the godly enter through it.

118:21 I will give you thanks, for you answered me,

and have become my deliverer.

118:22 The stone which the builders discarded ² 

has become the cornerstone. ³ 

[118:19]  ¹ tn Heb “the gates of justice.” The gates of the Lord’s temple are referred to here, as v. 20 makes clear. They are called “gates of justice” because they are the entrance to the just king’s palace. This has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[118:22]  ² tn Or “rejected.”

[118:22]  ³ tn Heb “the head of the corner.”