< Psalms 118 >
1 Give ye thanks to Yahweh—For he is good, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
2 I pray you! let Israel, say, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.
Let Israel say, “His loving devotion endures forever.”
3 I pray you! let the house of Aaron, say, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.
Let the house of Aaron say, “His loving devotion endures forever.”
4 I pray you! let them who revere Yahweh, say, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.
Let those who fear the LORD say, “His loving devotion endures forever.”
5 Out of a strait, called I on Yah, He answered me with enlargement.
In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.
6 Yahweh, is on my side, I will not fear, What can man, do unto me?
The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
7 Yahweh, is on my side, with them who help me, I, therefore shall gaze upon them who hate me.
The LORD is on my side; He is my helper. Therefore I will look in triumph on those who hate me.
8 It is, better to seek refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man:
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
9 It is, better to seek refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in nobles.
It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.
10 All nations, have compassed me about, In the Name of Yahweh, surely I will make them be circumcised;
All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
11 They have compassed me about—yea compassed me about, In the Name of Yahweh, surely I will make them be circumcised;
They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
12 They have compassed me about like wax bees, they have blazed up like the fire of thorns, In the Name of Yahweh, surely I will make them be circumcised.
They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
13 Thou didst, thrust sore, at me that I might fall, But, Yahweh, hath helped me.
I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me.
14 My might and melody, is Yah, and he hath become mine by salvation.
The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.
15 The voice of shouting and salvation, is in the tents of the righteous, The right hand of Yahweh, is doing valiantly:
Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!
16 The right hand of Yahweh, is exalted, The right hand of Yahweh, is doing valiantly.
The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!”
17 I shall not die, but live, That I may recount the doings of Yah.
I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.
18 Yah, chastened me sore, But, unto death, did not deliver me.
The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.
19 Open to me the gates of righteousness, I will enter therein, I will give thanks unto Yah.
Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD.
20 This, is the gate for Yahweh, Such as are righteous, shall enter therein.
This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.
21 I will thank thee, because thou hast answered me, And hast become mine, by salvation.
I will give You thanks, for You have answered me, and You have become my salvation.
22 A stone the builders refused, hath become the head of the corner:
The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
23 From Yahweh, hath this come to pass, The same, is marvellous in our eyes.
This is from the LORD, and it is marvelous in our eyes.
24 This is the day, which Yahweh hath made, We will exult, and be glad therein.
This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
25 Ah now, Yahweh, do save, we beseech thee, Ah now, Yahweh, do send success, we beseech thee!
O LORD, save us, we pray. We beseech You, O LORD, cause us to prosper!
26 Blessed be he that entereth, In the Name of Yahweh, we have blessed you, out of the house of Yahweh.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you.
27 Yahweh is GOD, and hath shed on us light, —Bind ye the festal sacrifice with cords, Up to the horns of the altar.
The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.
28 My GOD, thou art, and I will thank thee, —My Elohim, I will exalt thee.
You are my God, and I will give You thanks. You are my God, and I will exalt You.
29 Give ye thanks to Yahweh—For he is good, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.