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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Psalm 118 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/118.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" 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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">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/psalms/118.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">His Steadfast Love Endures Forever</p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Oh give thanks to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, for he is good;</span><br /><span class="indent">for his steadfast love endures forever!</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Let Israel say,</span><br /><span class="indent">“His steadfast love endures forever.”</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Let the house of Aaron say,</span><br /><span class="indent">“His steadfast love endures forever.”</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Let those who fear the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> say,</span><br /><span class="indent">“His steadfast love endures forever.”</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Out of my distress I called on the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="indent">the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> answered me and set me free.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is on my side; I will not fear.</span><br /><span class="indent">What can man do to me?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is on my side as my helper;</span><br /><span class="indent">I shall look in triumph on those who hate me.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">It is better to take refuge in the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span></span><br /><span class="indent">than to trust in man.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">It is better to take refuge in the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span></span><br /><span class="indent">than to trust in princes.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">All nations surrounded me;</span><br /><span class="indent">in the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> I cut them off!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side;</span><br /><span class="indent">in the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> I cut them off!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">They surrounded me like bees;</span><br /><span class="indent">they went out like a fire among thorns;</span><br /><span class="indent">in the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> I cut them off!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I was pushed hard,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew You (that is, the enemy) pushed me hard">a</a></sup></span> so that I was falling,</span><br /><span class="indent">but the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> helped me.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is my strength and my song;</span><br /><span class="indent">he has become my salvation.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Glad songs of salvation</span><br /><span class="indent">are in the tents of the righteous:</span><br /><span class="ln-group">“The right hand of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> does valiantly,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="indent">the right hand of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> exalts,</span><br /><span class="indent">the right hand of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> does valiantly!”</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I shall not die, but I shall live,</span><br /><span class="indent">and recount the deeds of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has disciplined me severely,</span><br /><span class="indent">but he has not given me over to death.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Open to me the gates of righteousness,</span><br /><span class="indent">that I may enter through them</span><br /><span class="indent">and give thanks to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">This is the gate of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="indent">the righteous shall enter through it.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I thank you that you have answered me</span><br /><span class="indent">and have become my salvation.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The stone that the builders rejected</span><br /><span class="indent">has become the cornerstone.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew the head of the corner">b</a></sup></span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">This is the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>’s doing;</span><br /><span class="indent">it is marvelous in our eyes.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">This is the day that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has made;</span><br /><span class="indent">let us rejoice and be glad in it.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Save us, we pray, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>!</span><br /><span class="indent">O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, we pray, give us success!</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Blessed is he who comes in the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>!</span><br /><span class="indent">We bless you from the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is God,</span><br /><span class="indent">and he has made his light to shine upon us.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Bind the festal sacrifice with cords,</span><br /><span class="indent">up to the horns of the altar!</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;</span><br /><span class="indent">you are my God; I will extol you.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Oh give thanks to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, for he is good;</span><br /><span class="indent">for his steadfast love endures forever!</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> Hebrew <i>You</i> (that is, the enemy) <i>pushed me hard</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">22</span> Hebrew <i><span class="catch-word">the</span> head of the corner</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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