Psalm 118:14-24

slight format changes are in the works for SomeThoughtMostOther in the near future, as i'm trying to get back in the habit of posting a little som'in'-som'in' every day...

again, i really don't know what happened over the last few weeks...laziness, i suppose...but here's to turning over a new leaf and getting back in the swing of things...

Psalm 118:14-24

14 The LORD is my strength* and my song; he has become my salvation. 15 Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous: "The LORD's right hand has done mighty things! 16 The LORD's right hand is lifted high; the LORD's right hand has done mighty things!" 17 I will not die* but live, and will proclaim* what the LORD has done. 18 The LORD has chastened me severely, but he has not given me over to death. 19 Open for me the gates of righteousness; I will enter and give thanks to the LORD . 20 This is the gate of the LORD through which the righteous may enter.* 21 I will give you thanks, for you answered me; you have become my salvation. 22 The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone;* 23 the LORD has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes. 24 This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

*118:14 = Ex 15:2 - The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.

*118:17 = Hab 1:12 - O LORD , are you not from everlasting? My God, my Holy One, we will not die. O LORD , you have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, you have ordained them to punish.

*118:17 = Ps 73:28 - But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds.

*118:20 = Rev 22:14 - "Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city.

*118:22 = Mt 21:42, Mk 12:10, Lk 20:17, Ac 4:11 - Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures: "'The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?...Haven't you read this scripture: "'The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone;...Jesus looked directly at them and asked, "Then what is the meaning of that which is written: "'The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone'?...He is "'the stone you builders rejected, which has become the capstone.'

y'know, Psalm 118 makes a great praise song...they used to sing a lot of songs like that at a church i used to attend...songs that were pretty much Scripture verses set to upbeat, contemporary music...it was pretty cool...sometimes i miss those songs, but not that church as a whole...there's about four people i knew at that church with whom i keep in fairly regular contact...two of them are marrying each other next month (yes, a guy and a gal), one's a fairly well-known blogger over at Fringe, and last but not least is Fringe's li'l bro, who just got back from Iraq...

i keep weird company...but they're all family with me in Christ, which is why i sing along with Psalm 118!...

soon to come: different format for the Scripture readings, and hopefully daily posts about STUFF...maybe some politics, maybe some music, maybe some sports, and maybe some stuff about my upcoming NaNoWriMo project...hopefully it'll be odd, hopefully it'll be of interest, but it will definitely be Sometimes Thoughtful, Mostly Otherwise...