118:1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.
118:2 Let all Israel repeat: "His faithful love endures forever."
118:3 Let Aaron's descendants, the priests, repeat: "His faithful love endures forever."
118:4 Let all who fear the LORD repeat: "His faithful love endures forever."
118:5 In my distress I prayed to the LORD, and the LORD answered me and set me free.
118:6 The LORD is for me, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me?
118:7 Yes, the LORD is for me; he will help me. I will look in triumph at those who hate me.
118:8 It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in people.
118:9 It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.
118:10 Though hostile nations surrounded me, I destroyed them all with the authority of the LORD.
118:11 Yes, they surrounded and attacked me, but I destroyed them all with the authority of the LORD.
118:12 They swarmed around me like bees; they blazed against me like a crackling fire. But I destroyed them all with the authority of the LORD.
118:13 My enemies did their best to kill me, but the LORD rescued me.
118:14 The LORD is my strength and my song; he has given me victory.
118:15 Songs of joy and victory are sung in the camp of the godly. The strong right arm of the LORD has done glorious things!
118:16 The strong right arm of the LORD is raised in triumph. The strong right arm of the LORD has done glorious things!
118:17 I will not die; instead, I will live to tell what the LORD has done.
118:18 The LORD has punished me severely, but he did not let me die.
118:19 Open for me the gates where the righteous enter, and I will go in and thank the LORD.
118:20 These gates lead to the presence of the LORD, and the godly enter there.
118:21 I thank you for answering my prayer and giving me victory!
118:22 The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.
118:23 This is the LORD's doing, and it is wonderful to see.
118:24 This is the day the LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.
118:25 Please, LORD, please save us. Please, LORD, please give us success.
118:26 Bless the one who comes in the name of the LORD. We bless you from the house of the LORD.
118:27 The LORD is God, shining upon us. Take the sacrifice and bind it with cords on the altar.
118:28 You are my God, and I will praise you! You are my God, and I will exalt you!
118:29 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.
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