# Psalm 118 [[Ps-117|← Psalm 117]] | [[Psalm]] | [[Ps-119|Psalm 119 →]] *** ###### v1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. ###### v2 Let Israel now say that his loving kindness endures forever. ###### v3 Let the house of Aaron now say that his loving kindness endures forever. ###### v4 Now let those who fear Yahweh say that his loving kindness endures forever. ###### v5 Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom. ###### v6 Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? ###### v7 Yahweh is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me. ###### v8 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man. ###### v9 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in princes. ###### v10 All the nations surrounded me, but in Yahweh's name, I cut them off. ###### v11 They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In Yahweh's name I indeed cut them off. ###### v12 They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In Yahweh's name I cut them off. ###### v13 You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but Yahweh helped me. ###### v14 Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. ###### v15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. "The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly. ###### v16 The right hand of Yahweh is exalted! The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!" ###### v17 I will not die, but live, and declare Yah's works. ###### v18 Yah has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to death. ###### v19 Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to Yah. ###### v20 This is the gate of Yahweh; the righteous will enter into it. ###### v21 I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have become my salvation. ###### v22 The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. ###### v23 This is Yahweh's doing. It is marvelous in our eyes. ###### v24 This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it! ###### v25 Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh! Yahweh, we beg you, send prosperity now. ###### v26 Blessed is he who comes in Yahweh's name! We have blessed you out of Yahweh's house. ###### v27 Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar. ###### v28 You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you. ###### v29 Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. *** [[Ps-117|← Psalm 117]] | [[Psalm]] | [[Ps-119|Psalm 119 →]]