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Psalm 118 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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His Steadfast Love Endures Forever

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:1 - Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
for his steadfast love endures forever!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:2 - Let Israel say,
“His steadfast love endures forever.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:3 - Let the house of Aaron say,
“His steadfast love endures forever.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:4 - Let those who fear the LORD say,
“His steadfast love endures forever.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:5 - Out of my distress I called on the LORD;
the LORD answered me and set me free.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:6 - The LORD is on my side; I will not fear.
What can man do to me?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:7 - The LORD is on my side as my helper;
I shall look in triumph on those who hate me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:8 - It is better to take refuge in the LORD
than to trust in man.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:9 - It is better to take refuge in the LORD
than to trust in princes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:10 - All nations surrounded me;
in the name of the LORD I cut them off!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:11 - They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side;
in the name of the LORD I cut them off!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:12 - They surrounded me like bees;
they went out like a fire among thorns;
in the name of the LORD I cut them off!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:13 - I was pushed hard,[fn] so that I was falling,
but the LORD helped me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:14 - The LORD is my strength and my song;
he has become my salvation.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:15 - Glad songs of salvation
are in the tents of the righteous:
“The right hand of the LORD does valiantly,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:16 - the right hand of the LORD exalts,
the right hand of the LORD does valiantly!”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:17 - I shall not die, but I shall live,
and recount the deeds of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:18 - The LORD has disciplined me severely,
but he has not given me over to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:19 - Open to me the gates of righteousness,
that I may enter through them
and give thanks to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:20 - This is the gate of the LORD;
the righteous shall enter through it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:21 - I thank you that you have answered me
and have become my salvation.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:22 - The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:23 - This is the LORD’s doing;
it is marvelous in our eyes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:24 - This is the day that the LORD has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:25 - Save us, we pray, O LORD!
O LORD, we pray, give us success!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:26 - Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD!
We bless you from the house of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:27 - The LORD is God,
and he has made his light to shine upon us.
Bind the festal sacrifice with cords,
up to the horns of the altar!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:28 - You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;
you are my God; I will extol you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:29 - Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
for his steadfast love endures forever!
ESV Footnotes
Hebrew You (that is, the enemy) pushed me hard
Hebrew the head of the corner
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