Psalm 118

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

²² The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.¹

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

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

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

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

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

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

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