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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 NLT</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" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/118-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Psalm 118</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a 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 Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/psalms/118.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!</p><p class="line2">His faithful love endures forever.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Let all Israel repeat:</p><p class="line2">“His faithful 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 Aaron’s descendants, the priests, repeat:</p><p class="line2">“His faithful 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 all who fear the LORD repeat:</p><p class="line2">“His faithful love endures forever.”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>In my distress I prayed to the LORD,</p><p class="line2">and the LORD answered me and set me free.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The LORD is for me, so I will have no fear.</p><p class="line2">What can mere people do to me?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Yes, the LORD is for me; he will help me.</p><p class="line2">I will look in triumph at those who hate me.</p><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 LORD</p><p class="line2">than to trust in people.</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 LORD</p><p class="line2">than to trust in princes.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Though hostile nations surrounded me,</p><p class="line2">I destroyed them all with the authority of the LORD.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Yes, they surrounded and attacked me,</p><p class="line2">but I destroyed them all with the authority of the LORD.</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">they blazed against me like a crackling fire.</p><p class="line2">But I destroyed them all with the authority of the LORD.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>My enemies did their best to kill me,</p><p class="line2">but the LORD rescued me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The LORD is my strength and my song;</p><p class="line2">he has given me victory.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Songs of joy and victory are sung in the camp of the godly.</p><p class="line2">The strong right arm of the LORD has done glorious things!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The strong right arm of the LORD is raised in triumph.</p><p class="line2">The strong right arm of the LORD has done glorious 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; instead, I will live</p><p class="line2">to tell what the LORD has done.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The LORD has punished me severely,</p><p class="line2">but he did not let me die.</p><p class="b"/><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 where the righteous enter,</p><p class="line2">and I will go in and thank the LORD.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>These gates lead to the presence of the LORD,</p><p class="line2">and the godly enter there.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>I thank you for answering my prayer</p><p class="line2">and giving me victory!</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The stone that the builders rejected</p><p class="line2">has now become the cornerstone.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>This is the LORD’s doing,</p><p class="line2">and it is wonderful to see.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>This is the day the LORD has made.</p><p class="line2">We will rejoice and be glad in it.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Please, LORD, please save us.</p><p class="line2">Please, LORD, please give us success.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Bless the one who comes in the name of the LORD.</p><p class="line2">We bless you from the house of the LORD.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>The LORD is God, shining upon us.</p><p class="line2">Take the sacrifice and bind it with cords on the altar.</p><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><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/118-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!</p><p class="line2">His faithful love endures forever.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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