Psalm 118

His Steadfast Love Endures Forever

¹Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;

for his steadfast love endures forever!

²Let Israel say,

“His steadfast love endures forever.”

³Let the house of Aaron say,

“His steadfast love endures forever.”

⁴Let those who fear the Lord say,

“His steadfast love endures forever.”

⁵Out of my distress I called on the Lord;

the Lord answered me and set me free.

⁶The Lord is on my side; I will not fear.

What can man do to me?

⁷The Lord is on my side as my helper;

I shall look in triumph on those who hate me.

⁸It is better to take refuge in the Lord

than to trust in man.

⁹It is better to take refuge in the Lord

than to trust in princes.

¹⁰All nations surrounded me;

in the name of the Lord I cut them off!

¹¹They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side;

in the name of the Lord I cut them off!

¹²They surrounded me like bees;

they went out like a fire among thorns;

in the name of the Lord I cut them off!

¹³I was pushed hard, so that I was falling,

but the Lord helped me.

¹⁴The Lord is my strength and my song;

he has become my salvation.

¹⁵Glad songs of salvation

are in the tents of the righteous:

“The right hand of the Lord does valiantly,

¹⁶the right hand of the Lord exalts,

the right hand of the Lord does valiantly!”

¹⁷I shall not die, but I shall live,

and recount the deeds of the Lord.

¹⁸The Lord has disciplined me severely,

but he has not given me over to death.

¹⁹Open to me the gates of righteousness,

that I may enter through them

and give thanks to the Lord.

²⁰This is the gate of the Lord;

the righteous shall enter through it.

²¹I thank you that you have answered me

and have become my salvation.

²²The stone that the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone.

²³This is the Lord's doing;

it is marvelous in our eyes.

²⁴This is the day that the Lord has made;

let us rejoice and be glad in it.

²⁵Save us, we pray, O Lord!

O Lord, we pray, give us success!

²⁶Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

We bless you from the house of the Lord.

²⁷The Lord is God,

and he has made his light to shine upon us.

Bind the festal sacrifice with cords,

up to the horns of the altar!

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

you are my God; I will extol you.

²⁹Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;

for his steadfast love endures forever!