Psalm 118
1 Give
thanks to the
LORD,
for he is
good,
for his loving
kindness endures
forever.
2 Let
Israel now say
that his loving
kindness endures
forever.
3 Let
the house of Aaron
now say
that his loving
kindness endures
forever.
4 Now
let those who
fear the LORD say
that his loving
kindness endures
forever.
5 Out
of my distress,
I called on
the LORD.
The LORD
answered me
with freedom.
6 The
LORD is on
my side. I will
not be afraid.
What can man do
to me?
7 The
LORD is on
my side among
those who help
me.
Therefore I will
look in triumph at
those who hate
me.
8 It
is better to
take refuge in
the LORD,
than to
put confidence in
man.
9 It
is better to
take refuge in
the LORD,
than to
put confidence in
princes.
10 All
the nations
surrounded me,
but in the
LORD’s name I
cut them off.
11 They
surrounded me, yes,
they surrounded me.
In the LORD’s
name I indeed
cut them off.
12 They
surrounded me like
bees.
They are quenched
like the burning
thorns.
In the LORD’s
name I cut
them off.
13 You pushed
me back hard, to make
me fall,
but the LORD
helped me.
14 The
LORD
is my strength
and song.
He has become
my salvation.
15 The
voice of rejoicing
and salvation is
in the tents of
the righteous.
“The right hand
of the LORD
does valiantly.
16 The
right hand of
the LORD is
exalted!
The right hand
of the LORD
does valiantly!”
17 I
will not die,
but live,
and declare the
LORD’s works.
18 The
LORD
has punished me
severely,
but he has
not given me
over to death.
19 Open
to me the gates
of righteousness.
I will enter into them.
I will give
thanks to the
LORD.
20 This
is the gate
of the LORD;
the righteous
will enter into it.
21 I
will give thanks
to you, for
you have answered
me,
and have become
my salvation.
22 The stone
which the builders
rejected
has become the
cornerstone.
23 This
is the LORD’s
doing.
It is marvelous
in our eyes.
24 This
is the day
that the LORD
has made.
We will rejoice
and be glad
in it!
25 Save
us now, we
beg you, LORD!
LORD, we beg
you, send
prosperity now.
26 Blessed
is he who comes
in the LORD’s
name!
We have blessed
you out of the
LORD’s house.
27 The
LORD is God,
and he has given us
light.
Bind the sacrifice
with cords, even
to the horns
of the altar.
28 You are
my God, and I will
give thanks to
you.
You are my God,
I will exalt you.
29 Oh give
thanks to the
LORD, for he
is good,
for his loving
kindness endures
forever.