Psalm 118:1-23

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹ Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his mercy endures forever.
² Let Israel say now: Yes, his mercy endures forever.
³ Let the house of Aaron say now: Yes, his mercy endures forever.
⁴ Let those who fear the Lord say now: Yes, his mercy endures forever.

⁵ Under pressure I cried to the Lord.^[a]
The Lord answered me.
He set me in a wide-open space.
⁶ The Lord is with me.
I will not be afraid.
What can people do to me?
⁷ The Lord, who is with me, is my helper,
so I will look in triumph on my enemies.
⁸ It is better to take refuge in the Lord
    than to trust in people.
⁹ It is better to take refuge in the Lord
    than to trust in human benefactors.^[b]
10 All the nations surrounded me,
but in the name of the Lord I cut them off.^[c]
11 They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me,
but in the name of the Lord I cut them off.
¹² They surrounded me like bees,
but they were extinguished as quickly as a fire of thorns.
In the name of the Lord I cut them off.
¹³ You pushed me hard to make me fall,
but the Lord helped me.

¹⁴ My strength and song is the Lord,
and he has become salvation for me.
¹⁵ Loud shouts of victory are heard in the tents of the righteous:
“The right hand of the Lord has done a mighty deed!
¹⁶ The right hand of the Lord is lifted high!
The right hand of the Lord has done a mighty deed!”
¹⁷ I will not die. No, I will live,
and I will proclaim the works of the Lord.
¹⁸ The Lord has chastened me severely,
but he has not handed me over to death.
¹⁹ Open for me the gates of righteousness.
I will enter them. I will give thanks to the Lord.
²⁰ This is the gate to the Lord.
The righteous enter it.
²¹ I will give you thanks,
because you answered me,
and you have become salvation for me.

²² The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.^[d]
23 This is from the Lord.
It is marvelous in our eyes.