Psalms, 118

1. Alleluia! Give thanks to Yahweh for he is good, for his faithful love endures for ever.

1. O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his steadfast love endures for ever!

2. Let the House of Israel say, 'His faithful love endures for ever.'

2. Let Israel say, "His steadfast love endures for ever."

3. Let the House of Aaron say, 'His faithful love endures for ever.'

3. Let the house of Aaron say, "His steadfast love endures for ever."

4. Let those who fear Yahweh say, 'His faithful love endures for ever.'

4. Let those who fear the LORD say, "His steadfast love endures for ever."

5. In my distress I called to Yahweh, he heard me and brought me relief.

5. Out of my distress I called on the LORD; the LORD answered me and set me free.

6. With Yahweh on my side I fear nothing; what can human beings do to me?

6. With the LORD on my side I do not fear. What can man do to me?

7. With Yahweh on my side as my help, I gloat over my enemies.

7. The LORD is on my side to help me; I shall look in triumph on those who hate me.

8. It is better to take refuge in Yahweh than to rely on human beings;

8. It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

9. better to take refuge in Yahweh than to rely on princes.

9. It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.

10. Nations were swarming around me, in the name of Yahweh I cut them down;

10. All nations surrounded me; in the name of the LORD I cut them off!

11. they swarmed around me, pressing upon me, in the name of Yahweh I cut them down.

11. They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side; in the name of the LORD I cut them off!

12. They swarmed around me like bees, they flared up like a brushwood fire, in the name of Yahweh I cut them down.

12. They surrounded me like bees, they blazed like a fire of thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off!

13. I was pushed hard, to make me fall, but Yahweh came to my help.

13. I was pushed hard, so that I was falling, but the LORD helped me.

14. Yahweh is my strength and my song, he has been my Saviour.

14. The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.

15. Shouts of joy and salvation, in the tents of the upright, 'Yahweh's right hand is triumphant,

15. Hark, glad songs of victory in the tents of the righteous: "The right hand of the LORD does valiantly,

16. Yahweh's right hand is victorious, Yahweh's right hand is triumphant!'

16. the right hand of the LORD is exalted, the right hand of the LORD does valiantly!"

17. I shall not die, I shall live to recount the great deeds of Yahweh.

17. I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the LORD.

18. Though Yahweh punished me sternly, he has not abandoned me to death.

18. The LORD has chastened me sorely, but he has not given me over to death.

19. Open for me the gates of saving justice, I shall go in and thank Yahweh.

19. Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD.

20. This is the gate of Yahweh, where the upright go in.

20. This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.

21. I thank you for hearing me, and making yourself my Saviour.

21. I thank thee that thou hast answered me and hast become my salvation.

22. The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;

22. The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.

23. This is Yahweh's doing, and we marvel at it.

23. This is the LORD's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.

24. This is the day which Yahweh has made, a day for us to rejoice and be glad.

24. This is the day which the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

25. We beg you, Yahweh, save us, we beg you, Yahweh, give us victory!

25. Save us, we beseech thee, O LORD! O LORD, we beseech thee, give us success!

26. Blessed in the name of Yahweh is he who is coming! We bless you from the house of Yahweh.

26. Blessed be he who enters in the name of the LORD! We bless you from the house of the LORD.

27. Yahweh is God, he gives us light. Link your processions, branches in hand, up to the horns of the altar.

27. The LORD is God, and he has given us light. Bind the festal procession with branches, up to the horns of the altar!

28. You are my God, I thank you, all praise to you, my God. I thank you for hearing me, and making yourself my Saviour.

28. Thou art my God, and I will give thanks to thee; thou art my God, I will extol thee.

29. Give thanks to Yahweh for he is good, for his faithful love endures for ever.

29. O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures for ever!