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# Psalms 118

[1](#verse-1) Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

[2](#verse-2) Let Israel now say that his loving kindness endures forever.

[3](#verse-3) Let the house of Aaron now say that his loving kindness endures forever.

[4](#verse-4) Now let those who fear the LORD say that his loving kindness endures forever.

[5](#verse-5) Out of my distress, I called on the LORD. The LORD answered me with freedom.

[6](#verse-6) The LORD is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

[7](#verse-7) The LORD is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.

[8](#verse-8) It is better to take refuge in the LORD, than to put confidence in man.

[9](#verse-9) It is better to take refuge in the LORD, than to put confidence in princes.

[10](#verse-10) All the nations surrounded me, but in the LORD’s name I cut them off.

[11](#verse-11) They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In the LORD’s name I indeed cut them off.

[12](#verse-12) They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In the LORD’s name I cut them off.

[13](#verse-13) You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but the LORD helped me.

[14](#verse-14) The LORD is my strength and song. He has become my salvation.

[15](#verse-15) The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. “The right hand of the LORD does valiantly.

[16](#verse-16) The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD does valiantly!”

[17](#verse-17) I will not die, but live, and declare the LORD’s works.

[18](#verse-18) The LORD has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to death.

[19](#verse-19) Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to the LORD.

[20](#verse-20) This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous will enter into it.

[21](#verse-21) I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have become my salvation.

[22](#verse-22) The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

[23](#verse-23) This is the LORD’s doing. It is marvelous in our eyes.

[24](#verse-24) This is the day that the LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!

[25](#verse-25) Save us now, we beg you, LORD! LORD, we beg you, send prosperity now.

[26](#verse-26) Blessed is he who comes in the LORD’s name! We have blessed you out of the LORD’s house.

[27](#verse-27) The LORD is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.

[28](#verse-28) You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you.

[29](#verse-29) Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

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