Psalm 118

Praise to God for His Loyal Love

118Give thanks to Yahweh for he is good,

for his loyal love is forever.

²Let Israel say,

“His loyal love is forever.”

³Let the house of Aaron say,

“His loyal love is forever.”

⁴Let those who fear Yahweh say,

“His loyal love is forever.”

⁵Out of my distress I called to Yah.^a

Yah answered me, setting me in a broad place.

⁶Yahweh is for me; I do not fear.

What can mere humans^b do to me?

⁷Yahweh is for me as my helper,

and so I will look in triumph on those who hate me.

⁸It is better to take refuge in Yahweh

than to trust in humans.^c

⁹It is better to take refuge in Yahweh

than to trust princes.

¹⁰All nations surrounded me.

In the name of Yahweh I opposed them indeed.

¹¹They surrounded me; yes, they surrounded me.

In the name of Yahweh I opposed them indeed.

¹²They surrounded me like bees;

they were extinguished like a fire of thorns.

In the name of Yahweh I opposed them indeed.

¹³You pushed me hard^d to make me fall,

but Yahweh helped me.

¹⁴Yah^e is my strength and my song,^f

and he has become my salvation.^g

¹⁵The sound of rejoicing and salvation^h

is in the tents of the righteous;

the right hand of Yahweh has done valiantly.

¹⁶The right hand of Yahweh has exalted;

the right hand of Yahweh has done valiantly.

¹⁷I will not die but live,

and tell of the works of Yah.ⁱ

¹⁸Yah has disciplined me severely,

but he did not consign^j me to death.

¹⁹Open to me the gates of righteousness,

that I may enter through them

and give thanks to Yah.^k

²⁰This is the gate of Yahweh,

through which the righteous will enter.

²¹I will give thanks to you for you have answered me,

and you have become my salvation.^l

²²The stone the builders rejected

has become the chief cornerstone.

²³This is from Yahweh;

it is wonderful in our eyes.

²⁴This is the day Yahweh has worked;^m

let us rejoice and be glad in him.ⁿ

²⁵O Yahweh, please save;

O Yahweh, please grant success.

²⁶Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh.

We bless you^o from the house^p of Yahweh.

²⁷Yahweh is God, and he has given us light.^q

Bind the festal sacrifice^r with cords^s

to the horns^t of the altar.

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

You are my God; I will exalt you.

²⁹Give thanks to Yahweh for he is good,

for his loyal love is forever.