PSALMS
CHAPTER 118

¹ Give thanks to the LORD , for he is good;
his love endures forever.

² Let Israel say:
"His love endures forever."
³ Let the house of Aaron say:
"His love endures forever."
⁴ Let those who fear the LORD say:
"His love endures forever."

⁵ In my anguish I cried to the LORD ,
and he answered by setting me free.
⁶ The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
⁷ The LORD is with me; he is my helper.
I will look in triumph on my enemies.

⁸ It is better to take refuge in the LORD
than to trust in man.
⁹ It is better to take refuge in the LORD
than to trust in princes.

¹⁰ All the nations surrounded me,
but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
¹¹ They surrounded me on every side,
but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
¹² They swarmed around me like bees,
but they died out as quickly as burning thorns;
in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

¹³ I was pushed back and about to fall,
but the LORD helped me.
¹⁴ The LORD is my strength and my song;
he has become my salvation.

¹⁵ Shouts of joy and victory
resound in the tents of the righteous:
"The LORD's right hand has done mighty things!
¹⁶ The LORD's right hand is lifted high;
the LORD's right hand has done mighty things!"

¹⁷ I will not die but live,
and will proclaim what the LORD has done.
¹⁸ The LORD has chastened me severely,
but he has not given me over to death.

¹⁹ Open for me the gates of righteousness;
I will enter and give thanks to the LORD .
²⁰ This is the gate of the LORD
through which the righteous may enter.
²¹ I will give you thanks, for you answered me;
you have become my salvation.

²² The stone the builders rejected
has become the capstone;
²³ the LORD has done this,
and it is marvelous in our eyes.
²⁴ This is the day the LORD has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.

²⁵ O LORD , save us;
O LORD , grant us success.
²⁶ Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD .
From the house of the LORD we bless you. ^[1]
27 The LORD is God,
and he has made his light shine upon us.
With boughs in hand, join in the festal procession
up ^[2] to the horns of the altar.

²⁸ You are my God, and I will give you thanks;
you are my God, and I will exalt you.

²⁹ Give thanks to the LORD , for he is good;
his love endures forever.

Footnotes

1. 118:26 The Hebrew is plural.
2. 118:27 Or Bind the festal sacrifice with ropes / and take it

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