Psalm 118:1-29
118 Give thanks to Jehovah, YOU people, for he is good;+For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite.+
2 Let Israel now say:“For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite.”+
3 Let those of the house of Aaron now say:+“For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite.”+
4 Let those fearing Jehovah now say:+“For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite.”+
5 Out of the distressing circumstances I called upon Jah;*+Jah answered [and put] me into a roomy place.*+
6 Jehovah is on my side;* I shall not fear.+What can earthling man* do to me?+
7 Jehovah is on my side among those helping me,+So that I myself shall look upon those hating me.+
8 It is better to take refuge in Jehovah+Than to trust in earthling man.+
9 It is better to take refuge in Jehovah+Than to trust in nobles.+
10 All the nations themselves surrounded me.+It was in the name of Jehovah that I kept holding them off.+
11 They surrounded me, yes, they had me surrounded.+It was in the name of Jehovah that I kept holding them off.
12 They surrounded me like bees;+They were extinguished like a fire of thornbushes.+It was in the name of Jehovah that I kept holding them off.+
13 You pushed me hard that I should fall,+But Jehovah himself helped me.+
14 Jah is my shelter and [my] might,*+And to me he becomes salvation.+
15 The voice of a joyful cry and salvation+Is in the tents+ of the righteous ones.+The right hand of Jehovah is demonstrating vital energy.+
16 The right hand of Jehovah is exalting [itself];*+The right hand of Jehovah is demonstrating vital energy.+
17 I shall not die, but I shall keep living,+That I may declare the works of Jah.*+
18 Jah corrected me severely,+But he did not give me over to death itself.+
19 Open to me the gates of righteousness,+ YOU people.I shall go into them; I shall laud Jah.*+
20 This is the gate of Jehovah.+The righteous themselves will go into it.+
21 I shall laud you, for you answered me+And you came to be my salvation.+
22 The stone that the builders rejected+Has become the head of the corner.+
23 This has come to be from Jehovah himself;+It* is wonderful in our eyes.+
24 This is the day that Jehovah has made;*+We will be joyful and rejoice in it.+
25 Ah, now, Jehovah, do save, please!+Ah, now, Jehovah, do grant success, please!+
26 Blessed be the One coming in the name of Jehovah;+We have blessed YOU people out of the house of Jehovah.+
27 Jehovah is the Divine One,*+And he gives us light.+Bind the festival procession+ with boughs,+ O YOU people,As far as the horns of the altar.+
28 You are my Divine One, and I shall laud you;+My God*—I shall exalt you.+
29 Give thanks to Jehovah, YOU people, for he is good;+For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite.+
Footnotes
^ See 68:4 ftn.
^ “He answered me with the roomy (spacious) place of Jah,” according to many Heb. mss.
^ Or, “Jehovah is mine (belongs to me).”
^ “Earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
^ Possibly, “Jah is my strength and [my] melody.”
^ “Me,” LXXSyVg.
^ “Jah.” Heb., Yah; LXXSyVg, “Jehovah.”
^ See 68:4 ftn.
^ “This . . . it,” both fem., possibly referring to “the stone,” fem., in vs 22.
^ Or, “This is the day that Jehovah has done [it].”
^ “Divine One.” Or, “God.” Heb., ʼEl.
^ “My God.” Heb., ʼElo·haiʹ.
