Psalm 118:2–24

²Let Israel say,

“His steadfast love endures for ever.”

³Let the house of Aaron say,

“His steadfast love endures for ever.”

⁴Let those who fear the Lord say,

“His steadfast love endures for ever.”

⁵Out of my distress I called on the Lord;

the Lord answered me and set me free.

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

What can man 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 man.

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 like a fire of thorns;

in the name of the Lord I cut them off!

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

but the Lord helped me.

¹⁴The Lord is my strength and my song;

he has become my salvation.

¹⁵Hark, 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 chastened me sorely,

but he has not given 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 thee that thou hast answered me

and hast become my salvation.

²²The stone which the builders rejected

has become the head of the corner.

²³This is the Lord’s doing;

it is marvelous in our eyes.

²⁴This is the day which the Lord has made;

let us rejoice and be glad in it.