Psalm 117–118

Psalm 117

Universal Call to Worship

¹Praise the Lord, all you nations!

Extol him, all you peoples!^*

²For great is his steadfast love toward us,

and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.

Praise the Lord!^*

Psalm 118

A Song of Victory

¹O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;

his steadfast love endures forever!^*

²Let Israel say,

“His steadfast love endures forever.”^*

³Let the house of Aaron say,

“His steadfast love endures forever.”

⁴Let those who fear the Lord say,

“His steadfast love endures forever.”

⁵Out of my distress I called on the Lord;

the Lord answered me and set me in a broad place.^*

⁶With the Lord on my side I do not fear.

What can mortals do to me?^*

⁷The Lord is on my side to help me;

I shall look in triumph on those who hate me.^*

⁸It is better to take refuge in the Lord

than to put confidence in mortals.^*

⁹It is better to take refuge in the Lord

than to put confidence in princes.^*

¹⁰All nations surrounded me;

in the name of the Lord I cut them off!^*

¹¹They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side;

in the name of the Lord I cut them off!

¹²They surrounded me like bees;

they blazed^f like a fire of thorns;

in the name of the Lord I cut them off!

¹³I was pushed hard,^g so that I was falling,

but the Lord helped me.^*

¹⁴The Lord is my strength and my might;

he has become my salvation.^*

¹⁵There are glad songs of victory in the tents of the righteous:

“The right hand of the Lord does valiantly;^*

¹⁶the right hand of the Lord is exalted;

the right hand of the Lord does valiantly.”^*

¹⁷I shall not die, but I shall live

and recount the deeds of the Lord.^*

¹⁸The Lord has punished me severely,

but he did not give me over to death.^*

¹⁹Open to me the gates of righteousness,

that I may enter through them

and give thanks to the Lord.^*

²⁰This is the gate of the Lord;

the righteous shall enter through it.^*

²¹I thank you that you have answered me

and have become my salvation.^*

²²The stone that the builders rejected

has become the chief cornerstone.^*

²³This is the Lord’s doing;

it is marvelous in our eyes.

²⁴This is the day that the Lord has made;

let us rejoice and be glad in it.^h

²⁵Save us, we beseech you, O Lord!

O Lord, we beseech you, give us success!

²⁶Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.ⁱ

We bless you from the house of the Lord.^*

²⁷The Lord is God,

and he has given us light.

Bind the festal procession with branches,

up to the horns of the altar.^j*

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

you are my God; I will extol you.^*

²⁹O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,

for his steadfast love endures forever.^*