Psalms 118

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

²Let Israel say: "His love endures forever."

³Let the house of Aaron say: "His love endures forever."

⁴Let those who fear the LORD say: "His love endures forever."

⁵In my anguish I cried to the LORD, and he answered by setting me free.

⁶The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

⁷The LORD is with me; he is my helper. I will look in triumph on my enemies.

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 the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

¹¹They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

¹²They swarmed around me like bees, but they died out as quickly as burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

¹³I was pushed back and about to fall, but the LORD helped me.

¹⁴The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.

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

¹⁶The LORD's right hand is lifted high; the LORD's right hand has done mighty things!"

¹⁷I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the LORD has done.

¹⁸The LORD has chastened me severely, but he has not given me over to death.

¹⁹Open for me the gates of righteousness; I will enter and give thanks to the LORD.

²⁰This is the gate of the LORD through which the righteous may enter.

²¹I will give you thanks, for you answered me; you have become my salvation.

²²The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone;

²³the LORD has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes.

²⁴This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

²⁵O LORD, save us; O LORD, grant us success.

²⁶Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you.

²⁷The LORD is God, and he has made his light shine upon us. With boughs in hand, join in the festal procession up to the horns of the altar.

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

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