תהילים 118

1 הוֹדוּ לַיהוָה כִּי־טוֹב כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃

Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

2 יֹֽאמַר־נָא יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃

Let Israel now say that his loving kindness endures forever.

3 יֹֽאמְרוּ־נָא בֵֽית־אַהֲרֹן כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃

Let the house of Aaron now say that his loving kindness endures forever.

4 יֹֽאמְרוּ־נָא יִרְאֵי יְהוָה כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃

Now let those who fear Yahweh say that his loving kindness endures forever.

5 מִֽן־הַמֵּצַר קָרָאתִי יָּהּ עָנָנִי בַמֶּרְחָב יָֽהּ׃

Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom.

6 יְהוָה לִי לֹא אִירָא מַה־יַּעֲשֶׂה לִי אָדָֽם׃

Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

7 יְהוָה לִי בְּעֹזְרָי וַאֲנִי אֶרְאֶה בְשֹׂנְאָֽי׃

Yahweh is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.

8 טוֹב לַחֲסוֹת בַּיהוָה מִבְּטֹחַ בָּאָדָֽם׃

It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.

9 טוֹב לַחֲסוֹת בַּיהוָה מִבְּטֹחַ בִּנְדִיבִֽים׃

It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in princes.

10 כָּל־גּוֹיִם סְבָבוּנִי בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה כִּי אֲמִילַֽם׃

All the nations surrounded me, but in Yahweh’s name I cut them off.

11 סַבּוּנִי גַם־סְבָבוּנִי בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה כִּי אֲמִילַֽם׃

They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In Yahweh’s name I indeed cut them off.

12 סַבּוּנִי כִדְבוֹרִים דֹּעֲכוּ כְּאֵשׁ קוֹצִים בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה כִּי אֲמִילַֽם׃

They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In Yahweh’s name I cut them off.

13 דַּחֹה דְחִיתַנִי לִנְפֹּל וַיהוָה עֲזָרָֽנִי׃

You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but Yahweh helped me.

14 עָזִּי וְזִמְרָת יָהּ וַֽיְהִי־לִי לִֽישׁוּעָֽה׃

Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation.

15 קוֹל ׀ רִנָּה וִֽישׁוּעָה בְּאָהֳלֵי צַדִּיקִים יְמִין יְהוָה עֹשָׂה חָֽיִל׃

The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. “The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.

16 יְמִין יְהוָה רוֹמֵמָה יְמִין יְהוָה עֹשָׂה חָֽיִל׃

The right hand of Yahweh is exalted! The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!”

17 לֹֽא אָמוּת כִּי־אֶֽחְיֶה וַאֲסַפֵּר מַֽעֲשֵׂי יָֽהּ׃

I will not die, but live, and declare Yah’s works.

18 יַסֹּר יִסְּרַנִּי יָּהּ וְלַמָּוֶת לֹא נְתָנָֽנִי׃

Yah has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to death.

19 פִּתְחוּ־לִי שַׁעֲרֵי־צֶדֶק אָֽבֹא־בָם אוֹדֶה יָֽהּ׃

Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to Yah.

20 זֶֽה־הַשַּׁעַר לַיהוָה צַדִּיקִים יָבֹאוּ בֽוֹ׃

This is the gate of Yahweh; the righteous will enter into it.

21 אוֹדְךָ כִּי עֲנִיתָנִי וַתְּהִי־לִי לִֽישׁוּעָֽה׃

I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have become my salvation.

22 אֶבֶן מָאֲסוּ הַבּוֹנִים הָיְתָה לְרֹאשׁ פִּנָּֽה׃

The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

23 מֵאֵת יְהוָה הָיְתָה זֹּאת הִיא נִפְלָאת בְּעֵינֵֽינוּ׃

This is Yahweh’s doing. It is marvelous in our eyes.

24 זֶה־הַיּוֹם עָשָׂה יְהוָה נָגִילָה וְנִשְׂמְחָה בֽוֹ׃

This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!

25 אָנָּא יְהוָה הוֹשִׁיעָה נָּא אָֽנָּא יְהוָה הַצְלִיחָה נָּֽא׃

Save us now, we beg you, Yahweh! Yahweh, we beg you, send prosperity now.

26 בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה בֵּרַֽכְנוּכֶם מִבֵּית יְהוָֽה׃

Blessed is he who comes in Yahweh’s name! We have blessed you out of Yahweh’s house.

27 אֵל ׀ יְהוָה וַיָּאֶר לָנוּ אִסְרוּ־חַג בַּעֲבֹתִים עַד־קַרְנוֹת הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃

Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.

28 אֵלִי אַתָּה וְאוֹדֶךָּ אֱלֹהַי אֲרוֹמְמֶֽךָּ׃

You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you.

29 הוֹדוּ לַיהוָה כִּי־טוֹב כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃

Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.