Psalm 118  Legacy Standard Bible

⁵ From my ^(F)distress I called upon Yah;
Yah answered me and ^(G)set me in a large place.
⁶ Yahweh is ^(H)for me; I will ^(I)not fear;
^(J)What can man do to me?
⁷ Yahweh is for me ^(K)among those who help me;
Therefore I will ^(L)look in triumph on those who hate me.
⁸ It is ^(M)better to take refuge in Yahweh
Than to trust in man.
⁹ It is ^(N)better to take refuge in Yahweh
Than to trust in nobles.

¹⁰ All nations ^(O)surrounded me;
In the name of Yahweh I will surely ^(P)cut them off.
¹¹ They ^(Q)surrounded me, indeed, they surrounded me;
In the name of Yahweh I will surely cut them off.
¹² They surrounded me ^(R)like bees;
They were extinguished as a ^(S)fire of thorns;
In the name of Yahweh I will surely cut them off.
¹³ You ^(T)pushed me down violently to make me fall,
But Yahweh ^(U)helped me.
^14 (V)Yah is my strength and song,
And He has become ^(W)my salvation.

¹⁵ The sound of ^(X)joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous;
The ^(Y)right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.
¹⁶ The ^(Z)right hand of Yahweh is exalted;
The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly.
¹⁷ I ^(AA)will not die; indeed I will live,
And ^(AB)recount the works of Yah.
¹⁸ Yah has ^(AC)disciplined me severely,
But He has ^(AD)not given me over to death.

^19 (AE)Open to me the gates of righteousness;
I shall enter through them, I shall give thanks to Yah.
²⁰ This is the gate of Yahweh;
The ^(AF)righteous will enter through it.
²¹ I shall give thanks to You, for You have ^(AG)answered me,
And You have ^(AH)become my salvation.

²² The ^(AI)stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief corner stone.
²³ This is from Yahweh;
It is marvelous in our eyes.
²⁴ This is the day which Yahweh has made;
Let us ^(AJ)rejoice and be glad in it.
²⁵ O Yahweh, ^(AK)save!
O Yahweh, ^(AL)succeed!
^26 (AM)Blessed is the one who comes in the name of Yahweh;
We have ^(AN)blessed you from the house of Yahweh.
^27 (AO)Yahweh is God, and He has given us ^(AP)light;
Bind the festival sacrifice with cords ^[b]to the ^(AQ)horns of the altar.
^28 (AR)You are my God, and I give thanks to You;
You are my God, ^(AS)I exalt You.
^29 (AT)Give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good;
For His lovingkindness endures forever.