Psalm 118:22

New Catholic Bible

²²^[a]The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.

Psalm 118:22 The community of the righteous join in with thanksgiving. They praise the Lord because he has given prominence to his suffering servant Israel like a cornerstone. It was rejected by the worldly powers but has been made the cornerstone for God’s salvation of the world in the Messiah. These verses allude to Isa 8:14; 28:16; Jer 51:26; Zec 3:9; 4:7, passages that are interpreted in a Messianic sense. Israel is here a type of Christ, in whom these words have been most eminently fulfilled (see Mt 21:42 par; Acts 4:11; Rom 9:33; 1 Cor 3:11; Eph 2:20; 1 Pet 2:7).

Psalm 118:23

New Catholic Bible

²³This is the Lord’s doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes.

²²For the Lord is our judge,
the Lord is our lawgiver.
The Lord is our king;
he is the one who will save us.

⁴I appointed him to be a witness to the peoples,
a leader and commander of nations.

⁶I tell you, one greater than the temple is here.

⁸For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”^[a]

Matthew 12:8 Lord of the Sabbath: the ultimate justification for the disciples’ violation of the Sabbath rest is that Jesus is the Son of Man, the Messiah, who has supreme authority over the Law.