New English Translation
Psalms 118:23
23This is the Lord’s work. We consider it amazing!
Psalms 118:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
- New International Version (NIV)the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes.
- English Standard Version (ESV)This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)This was the Lord’s doing; It is marvelous in our eyes.
Context of Psalms 118:23
21I will give you thanks, for you answered me, and have become my deliverer. 22The stone which the builders discarded has become the cornerstone. This is the Lord’s work. We consider it amazing! 24This is the day the Lord has brought about. We will be happy and rejoice in it. 25Please Lord, deliver! Please Lord, grant us success!
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מֵאֵ֣ת יְ֭הוָה הָ֣יְתָה זֹּ֑את הִ֖יא נִפְלָ֣את בְּעֵינֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 118:23
- Acts 2:32This Jesus God raised up, and we are all witnesses of it.
- Acts 3:14But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you.
- Acts 5:31God exalted him to his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
- Ephesians 1:19and what is the incomparable greatness of his power toward us who believe, as displayed in the exercise of his immense strength.
- Job 5:9He does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number;
- Acts 4:13When they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and discovered that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and recognized these men had been with Jesus.
- Acts 13:41‘Look, you scoffers; be amazed and perish! For I am doing a work in your days, a work you would never believe, even if someone tells you.’”
Commentaries on Psalms 118:23
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23This is the Lord‘s doing - Margin, as in Hebrew, “This is from the Lord.” That is, It is to be traced to the Lord alone. It is not the result of human wisdom or power. The deliverance from danger - the raising up from the low condition - the change by which he who was rejected was restored to his rightful place - all this was to be traced to God alone. So it was in the case of the psalmist; so it was in the case of the Redeemer. None but God could have…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-29Verses 19-29 Those who saw Christ's day at so great a distance, saw cause to praise God for the prospect. The prophecy, ver. #(22-23), may refer to David's preferment; but principally to Christ. 1. His humiliation; he is the Stone which the builders refused: they would go on in their building without him. This proved the ruin of those who thus made light of him. Rejecters of Christ are rejected of God. 2. His exaltation; he is the chief Cornerstone in the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-24The psalmist sees his own salvation as the beginning of a new day in which the Lord will do great things.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-2322-23. These words are applied by Christ (Mt 21:42) to Himself, as the foundation of the Church (compare Ac 4:11; Ep 2:20; 1Pe 2:4, 7). It may here denote God's wondrous exaltation to power and influence of him whom the rulers of the nation despised. Whether (see on Psa 118:1) David or Zerubbabel (compare Hag 2:2; Zec 4:7-10) be primarily meant, there is here typically represented God's more wonderful doings in exalting Christ, crucified as an impostor…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 118
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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