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Psalms 118:22 — King James Version← Study notes

The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.


Psalms 118:22Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 118:226 words
HebrewMeaning
אֶ֭בֶןʾeben
a stonenounH68
carbuncle · mason · plummet · hail- ···
מָאֲס֣וּmāʾăsw
which they rejectedverbH3988
cast away · contemn · despise · disdain ···
הַ/בּוֹנִ֑יםhabwōniym
the buildersparticleH1129
obtain children · make · repair · set ···
הָ֝יְתָ֗הhāyətāh
it has becomeverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לְ/רֹ֣אשׁlərōʾš
the head ofpronH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
פִּנָּֽהpināh
the cornernounH6438
chief · corner · stay · tower
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 118:22

1. ...We are taught in this Psalm, when we chaunt Allelujah, which means, Praise the Lord, that we should, when we hear the words, “Confess unto the Lord” Psalm 117:1, praise the Lord. The praise of God could not be expressed in fewer words than these, “For He is good.” I see not what can be more solemn than this brevity, since goodness is so peculiarly the quality of God, that the Son of God Himself when addressed by some one as “Good Master,” by one, namely, who beholding…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 118 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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