Psalm 118  New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

² Let Israel say,
    “His steadfast love endures forever.”^(B)
3 Let the house of Aaron say,
    “His steadfast love endures forever.”
⁴ Let those who fear the Lord say,
    “His steadfast love endures forever.”

⁵ Out of my distress I called on the Lord;
    the Lord answered me and set me in a broad place.^(C)
6 With the Lord on my side I do not fear.
    What can mortals do to me?^(D)
7 The Lord is on my side to help me;
    I shall look in triumph on those who hate me.^(E)
8 It is better to take refuge in the Lord
    than to put confidence in mortals.^(F)
9 It is better to take refuge in the Lord
    than to put confidence in princes.^(G)

¹⁰ All nations surrounded me;
    in the name of the Lord I cut them off!^(H)
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.^(I)
14 The Lord is my strength and my might;
    he has become my salvation.^(J)

¹⁵ There are glad songs of victory in the tents of the righteous:
“The right hand of the Lord does valiantly;^(K)
16     the right hand of the Lord is exalted;
    the right hand of the Lord does valiantly.”^(L)
17 I shall not die, but I shall live
    and recount the deeds of the Lord.^(M)
18 The Lord has punished me severely,
    but he did not give me over to death.^(N)

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

²⁰ This is the gate of the Lord;
    the righteous shall enter through it.^(P)

²¹ I thank you that you have answered me
    and have become my salvation.^(Q)
22 The stone that the builders rejected
    has become the chief cornerstone.^(R)
23 This is the Lord’s doing;
    it is marvelous in our eyes.
²⁴ This is the day that the Lord has made;
    let us rejoice and be glad in it.^[c]
25 Save us, we beseech you, O Lord!
    O Lord, we beseech you, give us success!

²⁶ Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.^[d]
    We bless you from the house of the Lord.^(S)
27 The Lord is God,
    and he has given us light.
Bind the festal procession with branches,
    up to the horns of the altar.^[e](T)

²⁸ You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;
    you are my God; I will extol you.^(U)

²⁹ O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
    for his steadfast love endures forever.^(V)