詩篇 118:14-29
14 耶和華是我的力量， 是我的詩歌， 他也成了我的拯救。 15 在義人的帳棚裡， 有歡呼拯救的聲音： “耶和華的右手施展大能！ 16 耶和華的右手高舉， 耶和華的右手施展大能！” 17 我必不至死， 仍要存活， 並要傳揚耶和華的作為。 18 耶和華雖嚴嚴地懲治我， 卻未曾將我交於死亡。 19 給我敞開義門， 我要進去稱謝耶和華！ 20 這是耶和華的門， 義人要進去。 21 我要稱謝你， 因為你已經應允我， 又成了我的拯救。 22 匠人所棄的石頭， 已成了房角的頭塊石頭。 23 這是耶和華所做的， 在我們眼中看為希奇。 24 這是耶和華所定的日子， 我們在其中要高興歡喜。 25 耶和華啊， 求你拯救！ 耶和華啊， 求你使我們亨通！ 26 奉耶和華名來的是應當稱頌的！ 我們從耶和華的殿中為你們祝福。 27 耶和華是 神！ 他光照了我們。 理當用繩索把祭牲拴住， 牽到壇角那裡。 28 你是我的 神， 我要稱謝你！ 你是我的 神， 我要尊崇你。 29 你們要稱謝耶和華， 因他本為善， 他的慈愛永遠長存！
Psalm 118:14-29
14 The Lord is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation. 15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the Lord does valiantly. 16 The right hand of the Lord is exalted; The right hand of the Lord does valiantly. 17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. 18 The Lord has chastened me severely, but He has not given me over to death. 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will go through them, and I will praise the Lord. 20 This is the gate of the Lord, through which the righteous shall enter. 21 I will praise You, for You have answered me, and have become my salvation. 22 The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. 23 This was the Lord’s doing; It is marvelous in our eyes. 24 This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it. 25 Save now, I pray, O Lord; O Lord, I pray, send now prosperity. 26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! We have blessed you from the house of the Lord. 27 God is the Lord, and He has given us light; Bind the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar. 28 You are my God, and I will praise You; You are my God, I will exalt You. 29 Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.
The Lord Jesus and His disciple probably sang Psalm 118 together in the Upper Room at the end of the Lord's Supper. Jesus knew exactly what vv 22-23 talked about. Rejected by the Jewish leaders, Jesus has become the chief cornerstone of the church through His death, resurrection, and ascension. Such cornerstone binds Jews and Gentiles together in one sanctuary as God's temple. How marvelous is God’s doing!
Through His body, a new and living way is opened for us to enter into the gate of the Lord. May the love of Christ compel us that we also offer our bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God - this is our true and proper worship to show our thanks to God!
