Psalm 118 (English Standard Version)

His Steadfast Love Endures Forever

1 ¹Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever! 2 ²Let Israel say, "His steadfast love endures forever." 3 ³Let the house of Aaron say, "His steadfast love endures forever." 4 ⁴Let those who fear the LORD say, "His steadfast love endures forever." 5 ⁵Out of my distress I ⁶called on the LORD; the LORD answered me and set me ⁷free. 6 ⁸The LORD is on my side; ⁹I will not fear. What can man do to me? 7 ¹⁰The LORD is on my side as my helper; I shall ¹¹look in triumph on those who hate me. 8 ¹²It is better to take refuge in the LORD ¹³than to trust in man. 9 It is better to take refuge in the LORD ¹⁴than to trust in princes. 10 ¹⁵All nations surrounded me; in the name of the LORD I cut them off! 11 They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side; in the name of the LORD I cut them off! 12 ¹⁶They surrounded me like bees; they went out like ¹⁷a fire among thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off! 13 I was ¹⁸pushed hard,^a so that I was falling, but the LORD helped me. 14 The LORD is my strength and my song; ¹⁹he has become my salvation. 15 Glad songs of salvation are in the tents of the righteous: ²⁰"The right hand of the LORD²¹does valiantly, 16 the right hand of the LORD exalts, the right hand of the LORD²²does valiantly!" 17 ²³I shall not die, but I shall live, and ²⁴recount the deeds of the LORD. 18 The LORD has ²⁵disciplined me severely, but he has not given me over to death. 19 ²⁶Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD. 20 This is the gate of the LORD; ²⁷the righteous shall enter through it. 21 I thank you that ²⁸you have answered me ²⁹and have become my salvation. 22 ³⁰The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.^b 23 This is the LORD's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. 24 This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. 25 Save us, we pray, O LORD! O LORD, we pray, give us success! 26 ³¹Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD! We ³²bless you from the house of the LORD. 27 The LORD is God, and he has made ³³his light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords, up to ³⁴the horns of the altar! 28 You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God; I will ³⁵extol you. 29 ³⁶Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!