118:22 The stone the builders rejected. Most likely a reference to the king (whose deliverance and victory are being celebrated), who had been looked on with disdain by the kings invading his realm—the builders of worldly empires. Others suppose that the stone refers to Israel, a nation held in contempt by the world powers. capstone.† Lit. “head of the corner”—either a capstone over a door (a large stone used as a lintel), or a large stone used to anchor and align the corner of a wall, or the