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Psalm 118 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Praise to God for His Everlasting Mercy
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:1 - Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:2 - Let Israel now say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:3 - Let the house of Aaron now say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:4 - Let those who fear the LORD now say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:5 - I called on the LORD in distress;
The LORD answered me and set me in a broad place.
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 for me among those who help me;
Therefore I shall see my desire on those who hate me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:8 - It is better to trust in the LORD
Than to put confidence in man.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:9 - It is better to trust in the LORD
Than to put confidence in princes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:10 - All nations surrounded me,
But in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:11 - They surrounded me,
Yes, they surrounded me;
But in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:12 - They surrounded me like bees;
They were quenched like a fire of thorns;
For in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:13 - You pushed me violently, that I might fall,
But the LORD helped me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:14 - The LORD is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:15 - The voice of rejoicing and salvation
Is 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 is exalted;
The right hand of the LORD does valiantly.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:17 - I shall not die, but live,
And declare the works of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:18 - The LORD has chastened me severely,
But He has not given me over to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:19 - Open to me the gates of righteousness;
I will go through them,
And I will praise the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:20 - This is the gate of the LORD,
Through which the righteous shall enter.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:21 - I will praise You,
For You have answered me,
And have become my salvation.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:22 - The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:23 - This was the LORD’s doing;
It is marvelous in our eyes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:24 - This is the day the LORD has made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:25 - Save now, I pray, O LORD;
O LORD, I pray, send now prosperity.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:26 - Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD!
We have blessed you from the house of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:27 - God is the LORD,
And He has given us light;
Bind the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:28 - You are my God, and I will praise You;
You are my God, I will exalt You.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:29 - Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.
NKJV Footnotes
Compare Exodus 15:2
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