Isaiah 28:16 → Psalm 118:22

Isaiah 28:16 announces that God will lay in Zion "a tested stone, a precious cornerstone" (אֶבֶן בֹּחַן פִּנַּת יִקְרַת, even bochan pinnat yiqrat), a "sure foundation" for the one who believes. Psalm 118:22 complements this from a different angle: "The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone" (רֹאשׁ פִּנָּה, rosh pinnah). Both passages use the cornerstone (pinnah) vocabulary, but Isaiah emphasizes divine placement and the faith response, while the Psalm emphasizes human rejection followed by divine vindication. Together they form a composite stone testimony: God lays a foundation stone in Zion that human builders reject but that ultimately becomes the capstone of the entire structure.