Go, my people, enter into your closets, shut your door, hide yourself for a little season, until the anger of the Lord has passed away.

For the end, for the sons of Korah; A Psalm concerning secret things. God is our refuge and strength, a help in the afflictions that have come heavily upon us.

Therefore will we not fear when the earth is troubled, and the mountains are removed into the depths of the seas.

The name of the Lord is of great strength; and the righteous running to it are exalted.

Therefore say, Thus says the Lord: I will cast them off among the nations, and will disperse them into every land, yet will I be to them for a little sanctuary in the countries which they shall enter.

Therefore thus says the Lord, [even] the Lord, Behold, I lay for the foundations of Zion a costly stone, a choice cornerstone [and] precious, for its foundations; and he that believes [on Him] shall by no means be ashamed.

Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, "Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against

Why? Because [they did] not [seek it] by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled the stone of stumbling.

Just as it is written: "Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and rock of offense, and everyone believing on Him will not be put to shame."

And David says: "Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a recompense to them.

I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But by their transgression, salvation [has come] to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

and "a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense." They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.

He shall rain upon sinners snares, fire, and brimstone, and a stormy blast [shall be] the portion of their cup.

Let their table before them be for a snare, and for a recompense, and for a stumbling block.

So they were offended at Him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, and in his [own] house."

For it will come as a snare on all those who live on the face of the whole earth.