Psalm 118

¹Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good!

His faithful love endures forever.

²Let all Israel repeat:

“His faithful love endures forever.”

³Let Aaron’s descendants, the priests, repeat:

“His faithful love endures forever.”

⁴Let all who fear the Lord repeat:

“His faithful love endures forever.”

⁵In my distress I prayed to the Lord,

and the Lord answered me and set me free.

⁶The Lord is for me, so I will have no fear.

What can mere people do to me?

⁷Yes, the Lord is for me; he will help me.

I will look in triumph at those who hate me.

⁸It is better to take refuge in the Lord

than to trust in people.

⁹It is better to take refuge in the Lord

than to trust in princes.

¹⁰Though hostile nations surrounded me,

I destroyed them all with the authority of the Lord.

¹¹Yes, they surrounded and attacked me,

but I destroyed them all with the authority of the Lord.

¹²They swarmed around me like bees;

they blazed against me like a crackling fire.

But I destroyed them all with the authority of the Lord.

¹³My enemies did their best to kill me,

but the Lord rescued me.

¹⁴The Lord is my strength and my song;

he has given me victory.

¹⁵Songs of joy and victory are sung in the camp of the godly.

The strong right arm of the Lord has done glorious things!

¹⁶The strong right arm of the Lord is raised in triumph.

The strong right arm of the Lord has done glorious things!

¹⁷I will not die; instead, I will live

to tell what the Lord has done.

¹⁸The Lord has punished me severely,

but he did not let me die.

¹⁹Open for me the gates where the righteous enter,

and I will go in and thank the Lord.

²⁰These gates lead to the presence of the Lord,

and the godly enter there.

²¹I thank you for answering my prayer

and giving me victory!

²²The stone that the builders rejected

has now become the cornerstone.

²³This is the Lord’s doing,

and it is wonderful to see.

²⁴This is the day the Lord has made.

We will rejoice and be glad in it.

²⁵Please, Lord, please save us.

Please, Lord, please give us success.

²⁶Bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord.

We bless you from the house of the Lord.

²⁷The Lord is God, shining upon us.

Take the sacrifice and bind it with cords on the altar.

²⁸You are my God, and I will praise you!

You are my God, and I will exalt you!

²⁹Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good!

His faithful love endures forever.