Psalms 118

Psalms 118:1  
Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

Psalms 118:2  
Let Israel now say that his loving kindness endures forever.

Psalms 118:3  
Let the house of Aaron now say that his loving kindness endures forever.

Psalms 118:4  
Now let those who fear Yahweh say that his loving kindness endures forever.

Psalms 118:5  
Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom.

Psalms 118:6  
Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

Psalms 118:7  
Yahweh is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.

Psalms 118:8  
It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.

Psalms 118:9  
It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in princes.

Psalms 118:10  
All the nations surrounded me, but in Yahweh’s name I cut them off.

Psalms 118:11  
They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In Yahweh’s name I indeed cut them off.

Psalms 118:12  
They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In Yahweh’s name I cut them off.

Psalms 118:13  
You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but Yahweh helped me.

Psalms 118:14  
Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation.

Psalms 118:15  
The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. “The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.

Psalms 118:16  
The right hand of Yahweh is exalted! The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!”

Psalms 118:17  
I will not die, but live, and declare Yah’s works.

Psalms 118:18  
Yah has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to death.

Psalms 118:19  
Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to Yah.

Psalms 118:20  
This is the gate of Yahweh; the righteous will enter into it.

Psalms 118:21  
I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have become my salvation.

Psalms 118:22  
The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

Psalms 118:23  
This is Yahweh’s doing. It is marvelous in our eyes.

Psalms 118:24  
This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!

Psalms 118:25  
Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh! Yahweh, we beg you, send prosperity now.

Psalms 118:26  
Blessed is he who comes in Yahweh’s name! We have blessed you out of Yahweh’s house.

Psalms 118:27  
Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.

Psalms 118:28  
You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you.

Psalms 118:29  
Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.


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