Chapter 118

¹Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,

For his loving kindness endures forever.

²Let Israel now say

That his loving kindness endures forever.

³Let the house of Aaron now say

That his loving kindness endures forever.

⁴Now let those who fear Yahweh say

That his loving kindness endures forever.

⁵Out of my distress, I called on Yah.

Yah answered me with freedom.

⁶Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid.

What can man do to me?

⁷Yahweh is on my side among those who help me.

Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.

⁸It is better to take refuge in Yahweh,

Than to put confidence in man.

⁹It is better to take refuge in Yahweh,

Than to put confidence in princes.

¹⁰All the nations surrounded me,

But in the name of Yahweh, I cut them off.

¹¹They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me.

In the name of Yahweh I indeed cut them off.

¹²They surrounded me like bees.

They are quenched like the burning thorns.

In the name of Yahweh I cut them off.

¹³You pushed me back hard, to make me fall,

But Yahweh helped me.

¹⁴Yah is my strength and song.

He has become my salvation.

¹⁵The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous.

“The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.

¹⁶The right hand of Yahweh is exalted!

The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!”

¹⁷I will not die, but live,

And declare Yah’s works.

¹⁸Yah has punished me severely,

But he has not given me over to death.

¹⁹Open to me the gates of righteousness.

I will enter into them.

I will give thanks to Yah.

²⁰This is the gate of Yahweh;

The righteous will enter into it.

²¹I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me,

And have become my salvation.

²²The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.

²³This is Yahweh’s doing.

It is marvelous in our eyes.

²⁴This is the day that Yahweh has made.

We will rejoice and be glad in it!

²⁵Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh;

Yahweh, we beg you, now send prosperity.

²⁶Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh!

We have blessed you out of the house of Yahweh.

²⁷Yahweh is God, and he has given us light.

Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.

²⁸You are my God, and I will give thanks to you.

You are my God, I will exalt you.

²⁹Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,

For his loving kindness endures forever.