Psalm 118 (English Standard Version)

Psalm 118

His Steadfast Love Endures Forever

 ^1(A) Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
   for his steadfast love endures forever!

 ^2(B) Let Israel say,
   "His steadfast love endures forever."
^3(C) Let the house of Aaron say,
   "His steadfast love endures forever."
^4(D) Let those who fear the LORD say,
   "His steadfast love endures forever."

 ^5(E) Out of my distress I^(F) called on the LORD;
   the LORD answered me and set me^(G) free.
^6(H) The LORD is on my side;^(I) I will not fear.
   What can man do to me?
^7(J) The LORD is on my side as my helper;
   I shall^(K) look in triumph on those who hate me.

 ^8(L) It is better to take refuge in the LORD
   ^(M) than to trust in man.
⁹It is better to take refuge in the LORD
   ^(N) than to trust in princes.

 ^10(O) All 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!
^12(P) They surrounded me like bees;
   they went out like^(Q) a fire among thorns;
   in the name of the LORD I cut them off!
¹³I was^(R) pushed hard,^[a] so that I was falling,
   but the LORD helped me.

 ¹⁴The LORD is my strength and my song;
   ^(S) he has become my salvation.
¹⁵Glad songs of salvation
   are in the tents of the righteous:
^(T) "The right hand of the LORD^(U) does valiantly,
 ¹⁶the right hand of the LORD exalts,
   the right hand of the LORD^(V) does valiantly!"

 ^17(W) I shall not die, but I shall live,
   and^(X) recount the deeds of the LORD.
¹⁸The LORD has^(Y) disciplined me severely,
   but he has not given me over to death.

 ^19(Z) Open 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;
   ^(AA) the righteous shall enter through it.
²¹I thank you that^(AB) you have answered me
   ^(AC) and have become my salvation.
^22(AD) The stone that the builders rejected
   has become the cornerstone.^[b]
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.

 ²⁵Save us, we pray, O LORD!
   O LORD, we pray, give us success!

 ^26(AE) Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD!
   We^(AF) bless you from the house of the LORD.
²⁷The LORD is God,
   and he has made^(AG) his light to shine upon us.
Bind the festal sacrifice with cords,
   up to^(AH) the horns of the altar!

 ²⁸You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;
   you are my God; I will^(AI) extol you.
^29(AJ) Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
   for his steadfast love endures forever!