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Psalm 118 · a question people ask

"Hosanna!" Is that from this psalm?

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When Jesus came into Jerusalem, the crowds cried, "Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!" (Matthew 21:9). In Mark they cried, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" (Mark 11:9), and in John, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!" (John 12:13). The words after Hosanna are this psalm's "Blessed is he who comes in the LORD’s name!" (Psalm 118:26), worded a little differently in the WEB. None of these verses explains the word Hosanna. In the psalm, the line before 118:26 is "Save us now, we beg you, LORD!" (Psalm 118:25), and in Hebrew Save … now is hoshi'ah na (tap Save). These notes don't compare the Greek, so they don't say whether or how Hosanna and hoshi'ah na are related.

The verses

“The multitudes who went in front of him, and those who followed, kept shouting, “Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!””
Matthew 21:9 · World English Bible
“Those who went in front and those who followed cried out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”
Mark 11:9 · World English Bible
“they took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet him, and cried out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!””
John 12:13 · World English Bible
“Save us now, we beg you, LORD! LORD, we beg you, send prosperity now. Blessed is he who comes in the LORD’s name! We have blessed you out of the LORD’s house.”
Psalm 118:25-26 · World English Bible

From Favor's study of Psalm 118

Psalm 118: The stone the builders rejected

"The LORD is my strength and song" (118:14) is the song at the sea word for word (Exodus 15:2). The psalm's cornerstone is rosh pinnah in Hebrew, the words for head and corner; Jesus gave the verse after the vineyard parable (Matthew 21:42), and Peter said of Jesus, "He is" (Acts 4:11). And the crowds that met Jesus shouted 118:26's first line (Matthew 21:9).

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