Psalm 118

Revised Standard Version

² Let Israel say,
    “His steadfast love endures for ever.”
³ Let the house of Aaron say,
    “His steadfast love endures for ever.”
⁴ Let those who fear the Lord say,
    “His steadfast love endures for ever.”

⁵ Out of my distress I called on the Lord;
    the Lord answered me and set me free.
⁶ With the Lord on my side I do not fear.
    What can man do to me?
⁷ The Lord is on my side to help me;
    I shall look in triumph on those who hate me.
⁸ It is better to take refuge in the Lord
    than to put confidence in man.
⁹ It is better to take refuge in the Lord
    than to put confidence in princes.

¹⁰ All nations surrounded me;
    in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
¹¹ They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side;
    in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
¹² They surrounded me like bees,
    they blazed^[a] like a fire of thorns;
    in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
¹³ I was pushed hard,^[b] so that I was falling,
    but the Lord helped me.
¹⁴ The Lord is my strength and my song;
    he has become my salvation.

¹⁵ Hark, glad songs of victory
    in the tents of the righteous:
“The right hand of the Lord does valiantly,
¹⁶     the right hand of the Lord is exalted,
    the right hand of the Lord does valiantly!”
¹⁷ I shall not die, but I shall live,
    and recount the deeds of the Lord.
¹⁸ The Lord has chastened me sorely,
    but he has not given me over to death.

¹⁹ Open to me the gates of righteousness,
    that I may enter through them
    and give thanks to the Lord.

²⁰ This is the gate of the Lord;
    the righteous shall enter through it.

²¹ I thank thee that thou hast answered me
    and hast become my salvation.
²² The stone which the builders rejected
    has become the head of the corner.
²³ This is the Lord’s doing;
    it is marvelous in our eyes.
²⁴ This is the day which the Lord has made;
    let us rejoice and be glad in it.
²⁵ Save us, we beseech thee, O Lord!
    O Lord, we beseech thee, give us success!

²⁶ Blessed be he who enters in the name of the Lord!
    We bless you from the house of the Lord.
²⁷ The Lord is God,
    and he has given us light.
Bind the festal procession with branches,
    up to the horns of the altar!

²⁸ Thou art my God, and I will give thanks to thee;
    thou art my God, I will extol thee.

²⁹ O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
    for his steadfast love endures for ever!