118:1
Alleluia! Give thanks to Yahweh for he is good, for his faithful love endures for ever.
118:2
Let the House of Israel say, 'His faithful love endures for ever.'
118:3
Let the House of Aaron say, 'His faithful love endures for ever.'
118:4
Let those who fear Yahweh say, 'His faithful love endures for ever.'
118:5
In my distress I called to Yahweh, he heard me and brought me relief.
118:6
With Yahweh on my side I fear nothing; what can human beings do to me?
118:7
With Yahweh on my side as my help, I gloat over my enemies.
118:8
It is better to take refuge in Yahweh than to rely on human beings;
118:9
better to take refuge in Yahweh than to rely on princes.
118:10
Nations were swarming around me, in the name of Yahweh I cut them down;
118:11
they swarmed around me, pressing upon me, in the name of Yahweh I cut them down.
118:12
They swarmed around me like bees, they flared up like a brushwood fire, in the name of Yahweh I cut them down.
118:13
I was pushed hard, to make me fall, but Yahweh came to my help.
118:14
Yahweh is my strength and my song, he has been my Saviour.
118:15
Shouts of joy and salvation, in the tents of the upright, 'Yahweh's right hand is triumphant,
118:16
Yahweh's right hand is victorious, Yahweh's right hand is triumphant!'
118:17
I shall not die, I shall live to recount the great deeds of Yahweh.
118:18
Though Yahweh punished me sternly, he has not abandoned me to death.
118:19
Open for me the gates of saving justice, I shall go in and thank Yahweh.
118:20
This is the gate of Yahweh, where the upright go in.
118:21
I thank you for hearing me, and making yourself my Saviour.
118:22
The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;
118:23
This is Yahweh's doing, and we marvel at it.
118:24
This is the day which Yahweh has made, a day for us to rejoice and be glad.
118:25
We beg you, Yahweh, save us, we beg you, Yahweh, give us victory!
118:26
Blessed in the name of Yahweh is he who is coming! We bless you from the house of Yahweh.
118:27
Yahweh is God, he gives us light. Link your processions, branches in hand, up to the horns of the altar.
118:28
You are my God, I thank you, all praise to you, my God. I thank you for hearing me, and making yourself my Saviour.
118:29
Give thanks to Yahweh for he is good, for his faithful love endures for ever.
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