Psalm 118 - ESV Bible - Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for...

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 LORD ²¹does valiantly,

16 the right hand of the LORD exalts, the right hand of the LORD ²²does 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!

Psalm 118 ESV