Psalm 118

¹Give thanks to the LORD, 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 the LORD say that his loving kindness endures forever.

⁵Out of my distress, I called on the LORD. The LORD answered me with freedom.

⁶The LORD is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

⁷The LORD 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 the LORD, than to put confidence in man.

⁹It is better to take refuge in the LORD, than to put confidence in princes.

¹⁰All the nations surrounded me, but in the LORD’s name I cut them off.

¹¹They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In the LORD’s name I indeed cut them off.

¹²They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In the LORD’s name I cut them off.

¹³You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but the LORD helped me.

¹⁴The LORD 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 the LORD does valiantly.