Psalms 118 · Clearspring

The LORD Is on My Side

¹Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.+ ²Let Israel now say that his loving kindness endures forever.+ ³Let the house of Aaron now say that his loving kindness endures forever.+ ⁴Now let those who fear the LORD say that his loving kindness endures forever.+ ⁵Out of my distress, I called on the LORD. The LORD answered me with freedom.+ ⁶The LORD is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?+ ⁷The LORD is on my side amongst those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.+ ⁸It is better to take refuge in the LORD, than to put confidence in man.+ ⁹It is better to take refuge in the LORD, than to put confidence in princes.+ ¹⁰All the nations surrounded me, but in the LORD’s name I cut them off.+ ¹¹They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In the LORD’s name I indeed cut them off.+ ¹²They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In the LORD’s name I cut them off.+ ¹³You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but the LORD helped me.+ ¹⁴The LORD is my strength and song. He has become my salvation.+ ¹⁵The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. “The right hand of the LORD does valiantly.+ ¹⁶The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD does valiantly!”+ ¹⁷I will not die, but live, and declare the LORD’s works.+ ¹⁸The LORD has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to death.+ ¹⁹Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to the LORD.+ ²⁰This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous will enter into it.+ ²¹I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have become my salvation.+ ²²The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.+ ²³This is the LORD’s doing. It is marvellous in our eyes.+ ²⁴This is the day that the LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!+ ²⁵Save us now, we beg you, LORD! LORD, we beg you, send prosperity now.+ ²⁶Blessed is he who comes in the LORD’s name! We have blessed you out of the LORD’s house.+ ²⁷The LORD is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.+ ²⁸You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you.+ ²⁹Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.+

The LORD Is on My Side

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