Psalm 118:1-16

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)