RSV Psalms 118 Chapter
118:1
O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;his steadfast love endures for ever!
118:2
Let Israel say, 'His steadfast love endures for ever.'
118:3
Let the house of Aaron say, 'His steadfast love endures for ever.'
118:4
Let those who fear the LORD say, 'His steadfast love endures for ever.'
118:5
Out of my distress I called on the LORD;the LORD answered me and set me free.
118:6
With the LORD on my side I do not fear. What can man do to me?
118:7
The LORD is on my side to help me;I shall look in triumph on those who hate me.
118:8
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
118:9
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
118:10
All nations surrounded me;in the name of the LORD I cut them off!
118:11
They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side;in the name of the LORD I cut them off!
118:12
They surrounded me like bees, they blazed like a fire of thorns;in the name of the LORD I cut them off!
118:13
I was pushed hard, so that I was falling, but the LORD helped me.
118:14
The LORD is my strength and my song;he has become my salvation.
118:15
Hark, glad songs of victory in the tents of the righteous: 'The right hand of the LORD does valiantly,
118:16
the right hand of the LORD is exalted, the right hand of the LORD does valiantly!'
118:17
I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the LORD.
118:18
The LORD has chastened me sorely, but he has not given me over to death.
118:19
Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD.
118:20
This is the gate of the LORD;the righteous shall enter through it.
118:21
I thank thee that thou hast answered me and hast become my salvation.
118:22
The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.
118:23
This is the LORD's doing;it is marvelous in our eyes.
118:24
This is the day which the LORD has made;let us rejoice and be glad in it.
118:25
Save us, we beseech thee, O LORD! O LORD, we beseech thee, give us success!
118:26
Blessed be he who enters in the name of the LORD! We bless you from the house of the LORD.
118:27
The LORD is God, and he has given us light. Bind the festal procession with branches, up to the horns of the altar!
118:28
Thou art my God, and I will give thanks to thee;thou art my God, I will extol thee.
118:29
O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;for his steadfast love endures for ever!