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href="../psalms/117.htm" title="Psalm 117">◄</a> Psalm 118 <a href="../psalms/119.htm" title="Psalm 119">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/psalms/118.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="psalmhdg">Psalm 118</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Give thanks to the <span class="name">Lord</span>, for he is good;</p><p class="line2">his love endures forever.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Let Israel say:</p><p class="line2">“His love endures forever.”</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Let the house of Aaron say:</p><p class="line2">“His love endures forever.”</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Let those who fear the <span class="name">Lord</span> say:</p><p class="line2">“His love endures forever.”</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>When hard pressed, I cried to the <span class="name">Lord</span>;</p><p class="line2">he brought me into a spacious place.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> is with me; I will not be afraid.</p><p class="line2">What can mere mortals do to me?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> is with me; he is my helper.</p><p class="line2">I look in triumph on my enemies.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>It is better to take refuge in the <span class="name">Lord</span></p><p class="line2">than to trust in humans.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>It is better to take refuge in the <span class="name">Lord</span></p><p class="line2">than to trust in princes.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>All the nations surrounded me,</p><p class="line2">but in the name of the <span class="name">Lord</span> I cut them down.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>They surrounded me on every side,</p><p class="line2">but in the name of the <span class="name">Lord</span> I cut them down.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>They swarmed around me like bees,</p><p class="line2">but they were consumed as quickly as burning thorns;</p><p class="line2">in the name of the <span class="name">Lord</span> I cut them down.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I was pushed back and about to fall,</p><p class="line2">but the <span class="name">Lord</span> helped me.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> is my strength and my defense <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or song">a</a></sup></span> ;</p><p class="line2">he has become my salvation.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Shouts of joy and victory</p><p class="line2">resound in the tents of the righteous:</p><p class="line1">“The <span class="name">Lord</span>’s right hand has done mighty things!</p> <p class="line2"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span>’s right hand is lifted high;</p><p class="line2">the <span class="name">Lord</span>’s right hand has done mighty things!”</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I will not die but live,</p><p class="line2">and will proclaim what the <span class="name">Lord</span> has done.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> has chastened me severely,</p><p class="line2">but he has not given me over to death.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Open for me the gates of the righteous;</p><p class="line2">I will enter and give thanks to the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>This is the gate of the <span class="name">Lord</span></p><p class="line2">through which the righteous may enter.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>I will give you thanks, for you answered me;</p><p class="line2">you have become my salvation.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The stone the builders rejected</p><p class="line2">has become the cornerstone;</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>the <span class="name">Lord</span> has done this,</p><p class="line2">and it is marvelous in our eyes.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> has done it this very day;</p><p class="line2">let us rejoice today and be glad.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="name">Lord</span>, save us!</p><p class="line2"><span class="name">Lord</span>, grant us success!</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Blessed is he who comes in the name of the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p><p class="line2">From the house of the <span class="name">Lord</span> we bless you. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The Hebrew is plural.">b</a></sup></span> </p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> is God,</p><p class="line2">and he has made his light shine on us.</p><p class="line1">With boughs in hand, join in the festal procession</p><p class="line2">up <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or Bind the festal sacrifice with ropes and take it">c</a></sup></span> to the horns of the altar.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>You are my God, and I will praise you;</p><p class="line2">you are my God, and I will exalt you.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Give thanks to the <span class="name">Lord</span>, for he is good;</p><p class="line2">his love endures forever.</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>song</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">26</span> <span class="footnotebot">The Hebrew is plural.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>Bind the festal sacrifice with ropes<br />     and take it</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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