Psalms 118:22

118:22 The stone which the builders discarded ¹ 

has become the cornerstone. ² 

Psalms 118:26

118:26 May the one who comes in the name of the Lord ³  be blessed!

We will pronounce blessings on you ⁴  in the Lord’s temple. ⁵ 

[118:22]  ¹ tn Or “rejected.”

[118:22]  ² tn Heb “the head of the corner.”

[118:26]  ³ sn The people refer here to the psalmist, who enters the Lord’s temple to thank him publicly (see vv. 19-21), as the one who comes in the name of the Lord.

[118:26]  ⁴ tn The pronominal suffix is second masculine plural, but the final mem (ם) is probably dittographic (note the mem [מ] at the beginning of the following form) or enclitic, in which case the suffix may be taken as second masculine singular, referring to the psalmist.

[118:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “from the house of the Lord.”