Psalms 118

Berean Standard Bible

Chapter summary

Psalm 118 opens and closes with a call to give thanks to the LORD because His loving devotion endures forever, with specific groups like Israel, the house of Aaron, and those who fear Him invited to repeat this refrain. The speaker describes calling out to the LORD in distress and being set free, recounting how surrounding nations were cut off and how the LORD helped when the speaker was pushed to the point of falling. Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous, celebrating that the LORD is strength, song, and salvation. The text mentions the gates of righteousness, a rejected stone becoming the cornerstone, and a prayer for salvation and prosperity. It concludes with blessings from the house of the LORD, instructions to bind a festal sacrifice to the horns of the altar, and expressions of thanks and exaltation to God.

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¹Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever. ²Let Israel say, “His loving devotion endures forever.” ³Let the house of Aaron say, “His loving devotion endures forever.” ⁴Let those who fear the LORD say, “His loving devotion endures forever.” ⁵In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free. ⁶The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? ⁷The LORD is on my side; He is my helper. Therefore I will look in triumph on those who hate me. ⁸It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man. ⁹It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes. ¹⁰All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off. ¹¹They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off. ¹²They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off. ¹³I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me. ¹⁴The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. ¹⁵Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD performs with valor! ¹⁶The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!” ¹⁷I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done. ¹⁸The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death. ¹⁹Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD. ²⁰This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it. ²¹I will give You thanks, for You have answered me, and You have become my salvation. ²²The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. ²³This is from the LORD, and it is marvelous in our eyes. ²⁴This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. ²⁵O LORD, save us, we pray. We beseech You, O LORD, cause us to prosper! ²⁶Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you. ²⁷The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar. ²⁸You are my God, and I will give You thanks. You are my God, and I will exalt You. ²⁹Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

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