Psalm 118

¹Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,

for his loving kindness endures forever.

²Let Israel now say

that his loving kindness endures forever.

³Let the house of Aaron now say

that his loving kindness endures forever.

⁴Now let those who fear the LORD say

that his loving kindness endures forever.

⁵Out of my distress, I called on the LORD.

The LORD answered me with freedom.

⁶The LORD is on my side. I will not be afraid.

What can man do to me?

⁷The LORD is on my side amongst those who help me.

Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.

⁸It is better to take refuge in the LORD,

than to put confidence in man.

⁹It is better to take refuge in the LORD,

than to put confidence in princes.

¹⁰All the nations surrounded me,

but in the LORD’s name I cut them off.

¹¹They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me.

In the LORD’s name I indeed cut them off.

¹²They surrounded me like bees.

They are quenched like the burning thorns.

In the LORD’s name I cut them off.

¹³You pushed me back hard, to make me fall,

but the LORD helped me.

¹⁴The LORD is my strength and song.

He has become my salvation [yeshu`ah

¹⁵The voice of rejoicing and salvation [yeshu`ah

“The right hand of the LORD does valiantly.

¹⁶The right hand of the LORD is exalted!

The right hand of the LORD does valiantly!”

¹⁷I will not die, but live,

and declare the LORD’s works.

¹⁸The LORD has punished me severely,

but he has not given me over to death.

¹⁹Open to me the gates of righteousness.

I will enter into them.

I will give thanks to the LORD.

²⁰This is the gate of the LORD;

the righteous will enter into it.

²¹I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me,

and have become my salvation [yeshu`ah

²²The stone which the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone.

²³This is the LORD’s doing.

It is marvellous in our eyes.

²⁴This is the day that the LORD has made.

We will rejoice and be glad in it!

²⁵Save us now, we beg you, LORD!

LORD, we beg you, send prosperity now.

²⁶Blessed is he who comes in the LORD’s name!

We have blessed you out of the LORD’s house.

²⁷The LORD is God, and he has given us light.

Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.

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

You are my God, I will exalt you.

²⁹Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,

for his loving kindness endures forever.