Psalms 118:24
22 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
23 This is the LORD’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
25 Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.
26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
- KJV
- This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
- WEB
- This is the day that the LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!
- ASV
- This is the day which Jehovah hath made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.
- DARBY
- This is the day that Jehovah hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
- BLB
- This [is] the day YHWH has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
- ÅB
- Dette er dagen som Herren har gjort; la oss fryde oss og glede oss på den!
- OTB
- Dette er dagen Herren har skapt;
La oss glede oss og fryde oss på den. - B1930
- Dette er dagen som Herren har gjort; la oss fryde oss og glede oss på den!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 84:10
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Read in contextIsaiah 58:13
If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
Read in contextNehemiah 8:10
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
Read in context2 Chronicles 20:26–28
And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.
Read in context1 Kings 8:66
On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.
Read in contextRevelation 1:10
I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
Read in contextActs 20:7
And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
Read in contextJohn 20:19–20
Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
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