New American Standard Bible 2020

Psalms 118:1-18

1 1Give thanks to the Lord, for 2He is good; For His mercy is everlasting.2Let 3Israel say, “His mercy is everlasting.”3Oh let the 4house of Aaron say, “His mercy is everlasting.”4Let those 5who 6fear the Lord say, “His mercy is everlasting.”

5From my 7distress I called upon 8the Lord; 9The Lord answered me and 10put me in an open space.6The Lord is 11for me; I will 12not fear; 13What can man do to me?7The Lord is for me 14among those who help me; Therefore I will 15look with satisfaction on those who hate me.8It is 16better to take refuge in the Lord Than to trust in people.9It is 17better to take refuge in the Lord Than to trust in noblemen.

10All nations 18surrounded me; In the name of the Lord I will certainly 19fend them off.11They 20surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me; In the name of the Lord I will certainly fend them off.12They surrounded me 21like bees; They were extinguished like a 22fire of thorn bushes; In the name of the Lord I will certainly fend them off.13You 23pushed me violently so that I 24was falling, But the Lord 25helped me.14 26 27The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become 28my salvation.

15The sound of 29joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; The 30right hand of the Lord performs valiantly.16The 31right hand of the Lord is exalted; The right hand of the Lord performs valiantly.17I 32will not die, but live, And 33tell of the works of 34the Lord.18 35The Lord has 36disciplined me severely, But He has 37not turned me over to death.

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Notes

1. Psalms 118:1 1 Chr 16:8, 34; Ps 106:1; 107:1; Jer 33:11 ↩
2. Psalms 118:1 2 Chr 5:13; 7:3; Ezra 3:11; Ps 100:5; 136:1-26 ↩
3. Psalms 118:2 Ps 115:9 ↩
4. Psalms 118:3 Ps 115:10 ↩
5. Psalms 118:4 Ps 115:11 ↩
6. Psalms 118:4 Or revere ↩
7. Psalms 118:5 Ps 18:6; 86:7; 120:1 ↩
8. Psalms 118:5 Heb Yah ↩
9. Psalms 118:5 Heb Yah ↩
10. Psalms 118:5 Ps 18:19 ↩
11. Psalms 118:6 Job 19:27; Ps 56:9; Heb 13:6 ↩
12. Psalms 118:6 Ps 23:4; 27:1 ↩
13. Psalms 118:6 Ps 56:4, 11 ↩
14. Psalms 118:7 Ps 54:4 ↩
15. Psalms 118:7 Ps 54:7; 59:10 ↩
16. Psalms 118:8 2 Chr 32:7, 8; Ps 40:4; 108:12; Is 31:1, 3; 57:13; Jer 17:5 ↩
17. Psalms 118:9 Ps 146:3 ↩
18. Psalms 118:10 Ps 3:6; 88:17 ↩
19. Psalms 118:10 Ps 18:40 ↩
20. Psalms 118:11 Ps 88:17 ↩
21. Psalms 118:12 Deut 1:44 ↩
22. Psalms 118:12 Ps 58:9; Nah 1:10 ↩
23. Psalms 118:13 Ps 140:4 ↩
24. Psalms 118:13 Or fell ↩
25. Psalms 118:13 Ps 86:17 ↩
26. Psalms 118:14 Heb Yah ↩
27. Psalms 118:14 Ex 15:2; Is 12:2 ↩
28. Psalms 118:14 Ps 27:1 ↩
29. Psalms 118:15 Ps 68:3 ↩
30. Psalms 118:15 Ex 15:6; Ps 89:13; Luke 1:51 ↩
31. Psalms 118:16 Ex 15:6; Ps 89:13 ↩
32. Psalms 118:17 Ps 6:5; 116:8, 9; Hab 1:12 ↩
33. Psalms 118:17 Ps 73:28; 107:22 ↩
34. Psalms 118:17 Heb Yah ↩
35. Psalms 118:18 Heb Yah ↩
36. Psalms 118:18 Ps 73:14; Jer 31:18; 1 Cor 11:32; 2 Cor 6:9 ↩
37. Psalms 118:18 Ps 86:13 ↩

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