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Out of my distress I called on the Lord;
    the Lord answered me and set me in a broad place.(A)
With the Lord on my side I do not fear.
    What can mortals do to me?(B)

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When hard pressed,(A) I cried to the Lord;
    he brought me into a spacious place.(B)
The Lord is with me;(C) I will not be afraid.
    What can mere mortals do to me?(D)

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13 I was pushed hard,[a] so that I was falling,
    but the Lord helped me.(A)
14 The Lord is my strength and my might;
    he has become my salvation.(B)

15 There are glad songs of victory in the tents of the righteous:
“The right hand of the Lord does valiantly;(C)
16     the right hand of the Lord is exalted;
    the right hand of the Lord does valiantly.”(D)
17 I shall not die, but I shall live
    and recount the deeds of the Lord.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 118.13 Gk Syr Jerome: Heb You pushed me hard

13 I was pushed back and about to fall,
    but the Lord helped me.(A)
14 The Lord is my strength(B) and my defense[a];
    he has become my salvation.(C)

15 Shouts of joy(D) and victory
    resound in the tents of the righteous:
“The Lord’s right hand(E) has done mighty things!(F)
16     The Lord’s right hand is lifted high;
    the Lord’s right hand has done mighty things!”
17 I will not die(G) but live,
    and will proclaim(H) what the Lord has done.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 118:14 Or song