Psalm 118

¹  Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
    for his loving kindness endures forever.
² Let Israel now say
    that his loving kindness endures forever.
³ Let the house of Aaron now say
    that his loving kindness endures forever.
⁴ Now let those who fear Yahweh say
    that his loving kindness endures forever.
⁵ Out of my distress, I called on Yah.
    Yah answered me with freedom.
⁶ Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid.
    What can man do to me?
⁷ Yahweh is on my side among those who help me.
    Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.
⁸ It is better to take refuge in Yahweh,
    than to put confidence in man.
⁹ It is better to take refuge in Yahweh,
    than to put confidence in princes.
¹⁰ All the nations surrounded me,
    but in Yahweh’s name, I cut them off.
¹¹ They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me.
    In Yahweh’s name I indeed cut them off.
¹² They surrounded me like bees.
    They are quenched like the burning thorns.
    In Yahweh’s name I cut them off.
¹³ You pushed me back hard, to make me fall,
    but Yahweh helped me.
¹⁴ Yah is my strength and song.
    He has become my salvation.
¹⁵ The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous.
    “The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.
¹⁶ The right hand of Yahweh is exalted!
    The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!”
¹⁷ I will not die, but live,
    and declare Yah’s works.
¹⁸ Yah has punished me severely,
    but he has not given me over to death.
¹⁹ Open to me the gates of righteousness.
    I will enter into them.
    I will give thanks to Yah.
²⁰ This is the gate of Yahweh;
    the righteous will enter into it.
²¹ I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me,
    and have become my salvation.
²² The stone which the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone. ^[a]
23 This is Yahweh’s doing.
    It is marvelous in our eyes.
²⁴ This is the day that Yahweh has made.
    We will rejoice and be glad in it!
²⁵ Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh!
    Yahweh, we beg you, send prosperity now.
²⁶ Blessed is he who comes in Yahweh’s name!
    We have blessed you out of Yahweh’s house.
²⁷ Yahweh is God, and he has given us light.
    Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
²⁸ You are my God, and I will give thanks to you.
    You are my God, I will exalt you.
²⁹ Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
    for his loving kindness endures forever.