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Psalms 118:24
This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the assembled community immediately after declaring a recent deliverance as a divine marvel. The congregation responds collectively to this declaration of God's intervention.
The words — עָשָׂה ('āśāh) translates literally as "he has made," and נִשְׂמְחָה (nîśməḥāh) means "let us rejoice." The Hebrew syntax links God's creative action directly to the people's commanded response.
The thread — This theme of valuing a single day for God appears in Psalms 84:10 and Isaiah 58:13, while Nehemiah 8:10 connects the day's significance to communal feasting and instruction. The verse shares its focus on designated time and corporate response with these passages.
Why it lands — The text commands readers to identify the present day as divinely ordained and to respond with active gladness. It requires a deliberate shift from passive observation to intentional celebration of God's work.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Cross-references
- Psalms 84:10 For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
- Isaiah 58:13 If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,
- Nehemiah 8:10 Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
- 2 Chronicles 20:26 On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, where they blessed the LORD. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Beracah to this day.
- 1 Kings 8:66 On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel.
- Revelation 1:10 On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
- John 20:19 It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you!” He said to them.
- Acts 20:7 On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.
- Matthew 28:1 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
- Zechariah 3:9 See the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave on it an inscription, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.