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